alliterative verse

Cædmon's Hymn

by Cædmon

Old English poem

  • alliterative verse

Summary

Cædmon's Hymn is a short Old English poem attributed to Cædmon, a supposedly illiterate and unmusical cow-herder who was, according to the Northumbrian monk Bede, miraculously empowered to sing in honour of God the Creator. The poem is Cædmon's only surviving composition.

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