The Meters of Boethius: Meter 3

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

æala, on hu grimmum and hu grundleasum
seaðe swinceð þæt sweorcende mod,
þonne hit þa strongan stormas beatað
weoruldbisgunga, þonne hit winnende

5

his agen leoht an forlæteð,
and mid uua forgit þone ecan gefean,
ðringð on þa ðiostro ðisse worulde,
sorgum geswenced. Swa is þissum nu
mode gelumpen, nu hit mare ne wat

10

for gode godes buton gnornunge
fremdre worulde. Him is frofre ðearf.