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The Meters of Boethius: Meter 23

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Sie ðæt la on eorðan      ælces ðinges
gesælig mon,      gif he gesion mæge
þone hlutrestan      heofontorhtan stream,
æðelne æwelm      ælces goodes,
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and of him selfum      ðone sweartan mist,
modes þiostro,      mæg aweorpan.
We sculon ðeah gita      mid godes fylste
ealdum and leasum      ðinne ingeðonc
betan bispellum,      þæt ðu ðe bet mæge
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aredian to rodorum      rihte stige
on ðone ecan eard      ussa saula.