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Caedmon(flourished 658–680) Earliest known Old English Christian poet. According to Bede, he was a herdsman who received a divine call in a dream to sing of “the beginning of things” and began to utter “verses which he had never heard.” He entered a monastery, where he produced vernacular poetry on sacred themes expounded to him by more learned brethren. Only the nine-line original dream hymn can be confidently attributed to him, but it set the pattern for almost all of Anglo-Saxon religious verse. Caedmon 7th-century English religious poet supposed to have heard his verses in a dream. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 156] See : Dreaming Caedmon (b. 671) earliest English Christian poet. [Br. Hist.: Grun] See : Firsts How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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One night Caedmon crept away as usual, and went "out of the house where the entertainment was, to the stable, where he had to take care of the horses that night. Ballads, 'Beowulf,' Caedmon,
Bede (Latin prose), Cynewulf. |
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