The Meters of Boethius: Meter 30

Omerus wæs east mid Crecum on ðæm leodscipe leoða cræftgast, Firgilies freond and lareow, þæm mæran sceope magistra betst. Hwæt, se Omerus oft and gelome þære sunnan wlite swiðe herede, æðelo cræftas oft and gelome leoðum and spellum leodum reahte. Ne mæg hio þeah gescinan, þeah hio sie scir and beorht, ahwærgen neah ealla gesceafta; ne furðum þa gesceafta ðe hio gescinan mæg endemes ne mæg ealla geondlihtan innan and utan. Ac se ælmihtega waldend and wyrhta weorulde gesceafta

his agen weorc eall geondwliteð, endemes þurhsyhð ealla gesceafta. ðæt is sio soðe sunne mid rihte, be ðæm we magon singan swylc butan lease.