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The Meters of Boethius: Meter 2

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 19 sections

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   Hwæt, ic lioða fela lustlice geo

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   sanc on sælum, nu sceal siofigende,

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   wope gewæged, wreccea giomor,

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   singan sarcwidas. Me þios siccetung hafað

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   agæled, ðes geocsa, þæt ic þa ged ne mæg

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   gefegean swa fægre, þeah ic fela gio þa

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   sette soðcwida, þonne ic on sælum wæs.

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   Oft ic nu miscyrre cuðe spræce,

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   and þeah uncuðre ær hwilum fond.

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    Me þas woruldsælða welhwæs blindne

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    on ðis dimme hol dysine forlæddon,

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    and me þa berypton rædes and frofre

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    for heora untreowum, þe ic him æfre betst

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    truwian sceolde. Hi me to wendon

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    heora bacu bitere, and heora blisse from.

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    Forhwam wolde ge, weoruldfrynd mine,

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    secgan oððe singan þæt ic gesællic mon

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    wære on weorulde? Ne synt þa word soð,

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    nu þa gesælða ne magon simle gewunigan.

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