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Caedmon
Caedmon Poems
| 1. | Genesis Bk Ix | 1/1/2004 |
| 2. | Genesis Bk Xx | 1/1/2004 |
| 3. | Genesis Bk Vi | 1/1/2004 |
| 4. | Genesis Bk Xviii | 1/1/2004 |
| 5. | Genesis Bk V | 1/1/2004 |
| 6. | Genesis Bk Xv | 1/1/2004 |
| 7. | Genesis Bk Xvi | 1/1/2004 |
| 8. | Genesis Bk Xvii | 1/1/2004 |
| 9. | Genesis Bk Xi | 1/1/2004 |
| 10. | Genesis Bk Xiii | 1/1/2004 |
| 11. | Genesis Bk Vii | 1/1/2004 |
| 12. | Genesis Bk Xxi | 1/1/2004 |
| 13. | Genesis Bk Xix | 1/1/2004 |
| 14. | Genesis Bk Iii | 1/1/2004 |
| 15. | Genesis Bk Ii | 1/1/2004 |
| 16. | Genesis Bk Iv | 1/1/2004 |
| 17. | Genesis Bk I | 1/1/2004 |
| 18. | Caedmon's Hymn | 1/1/2004 |
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Caedmon's Hymn
Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard
metudæs maecti end his modgidanc
uerc uuldurfadur sue he uundra gihuaes
eci dryctin or astelidæ
he aerist scop aelda barnum
heben til hrofe haleg scepen.
tha middungeard moncynnæs uard
eci dryctin æfter tiadæ
firum foldu frea allmectigprimo cantauit Cædmon istud carmen.
Nu scilun herga hefenricæs uard
metudæs mehti and his modgithanc
uerc uuldurfadur sue he uundra gihuæs
eci dryctin or astelidæ.
he ærist scop ældu barnum
hefen to hrofæ halig sceppend
tha ...
Genesis Bk Ii
ll. 82-91) The citizens of heaven, the home of glory, dwelt
again in concord. Strife was at an end among the angels, discord
and dissension, when those warring spirits, shorn of light, were
hurled from heaven. Behind them stretching wide their mansions
lay, crowned with glory, prospering in grace in God's dominion, a
sunny, fruitful land, empty of dwellers, when the accursed
spirits reached their place of exile within Hell's prison-walls.
(ll. 92-102) Then our Lord took counsel in the
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