Set his limbs at rest and fell asleep, then some man stood by him in hisĭream and hailed and greeted him and addressed him by his name: 'Caedmon, ![]() Herd had been assigned to him that night. He left the banquet-hall and he was going out to the animal stables, which Then he did this on a certain occasion, that ![]() When he saw the harp nearing him, he then arose for shame from that feastĪnd went home to his house. And consequently, often at a drinking gathering, when there wasĭeemed to be occasion of joy, that they all must in turn sing with a harp, Life until the time when he was of advanced age, and he had never learnedĪny songs. Songs, but just those alone which pertained to piety, and those which wereįitting for his pious tongue to sing. And he therefore he never could make any sort of lying or idle Learned, but he was divinely aided and through God's gift received the art To compose pious songs, but none however in like manner to him could do soīecause he had learned not at all from men nor through man that he songcraft And likewise, many others after him among the English people endeavoured Of many men were kindled to distain of the world and to service of a heavenly Religion and virtue, so that whatever thus he he learned of divine lettersįrom scholars, those things he after a moderate space of time he broughtįorth, in poetic language adorned with the greatest sweetness and inspirationĪnd well-made in the English language. Gift, in that he fittingly was accustomed to make songs, which pertained to Was a certain brother particularly glorified and honoured with a divine In herenesse Godes Scyppends þa fers ond þa word þe he Þa he ða þas andsware onfeng, þa ongon he sona singan He: 'Hwæt sceal ic singan?' Cwæð he: 'Sing me frumsceaft.' Singan ne cuðe.' Eft he cwæð, se ðe wið hine sprecende Of þeossum gebeorscipe uteode ond hider gewat, forþon ic naht Ondswarede he ond cwæð: 'Ne con ic noht singan ond ic forþon Grette ond hine be his noman nemnde: 'Cedmon, sing me hwæthwugu.' Þa Þa stod him sum mon æt þurh swefn ond hine halette ond Þa he ða þær in gelimplice tide his leomu on reste gesette ond onslepte, Þæt he forlet þæt hus þæs gebeorscipe ond ut wæs gongende to neata scipene, þara heord him wæs þære neahte beboden. Þurh endebyrdnesse be hearpan singan, þonne he geseah þaįrom þæm symble ond ham eode to his huse. Oft in gebeorscipe, þonne þær wæs blisse intinga Gelyfdre ylde, ond næfre nænig leoð geleornade. He se mon in weoruldhade geseted oð þa tide þe he wæs Ond his þa æfæstan tungan gedeofanade singan. ![]() Meahte, ac efne þa an þa ðe to æfæstnisse belumpon, Næfre noht leasunge ne idles leoþes wyrcan ![]() Ond þurh Godes gife þone songcræft onfeng. Meahte forþon he nalæs from monnum ne þurh mon gelæred Æfter him in Ongelþeode ongunnon æfeste leoð wyrcan, Monigra mona mod oft to worulde forhogdnisse ond to geþeodnisse þæs Ond in Engliscgereorde wel geworht forþ brohte. Scopgereorde mid þa mæstan swetnisse ond inbryrdnisse geglængde , swa ðætte swa hwæt swa he of godcundum stafum þurhīoceras geleornode, þæt he æfter medmiclum fæce in Sum broðor syndriglice mid godcundre gife gemæred ond geweorðad,įorþon he gewunade gerisenlice leoð wyrcan, þa ðe to
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