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The Meters of Boethius: Meter 3

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 11 sections

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   æala, on hu grimmum and hu grundleasum

2. 1

   seaðe swinceð þæt sweorcende mod,

3. 2

   þonne hit þa strongan stormas beatað

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   weoruldbisgunga, þonne hit winnende

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   his agen leoht an forlæteð,

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   and mid uua forgit þone ecan gefean,

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   ðringð on þa ðiostro ðisse worulde,

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   sorgum geswenced. Swa is þissum nu

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   mode gelumpen, nu hit mare ne wat

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    for gode godes buton gnornunge

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    fremdre worulde. Him is frofre ðearf.

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