The Meters of Boethius: Meter 18
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Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Eala ðæt se yfla unrihta gedeð
wraða willa wohhæmetes,
þæt he mid ealle gedræfð anra gehwylces
monna cynnes mod fulneah ðon.
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Hwæt, sio wilde beo, þeah wis sie,
anunga sceal eall forweorðan
gif hio yrringa awuht stingeð.
Swa sceal sawla gehwilc siððan losian,
gif se lichoma forlegen weorðeð
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unrihthæmede, bute him ær cume
hreow to heortan, ær he hionan wende.
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