Caedmon's Hymn

WORSHIP

A relic of christian poetry

Caedmon's Hymn

Caedmon’s Hymn is the oldest poem to be recorded in Old English, the language of the Anglo-Saxon settlers of Great Britain. Its author, Caedmon, was supposedly an illiterate cow-herder who nonetheless could compose lyrics in praise of God. The Hymn is his only known work, surviving to this day and age mainly through the Venerable Bede’s ex libris, the Ecclesiastical History of the English

Caedmon's Hymn

“Now we must honor the Guardian of Heaven, The might of the Architect, and His purpose, The work of the Father of glory As he, the eternal Lord, established the beginning of wonders; He first created for the children of men Heaven as a roof, the holy creator Then the guardian of mankind, The eternal lord, afterwards appointed the middle earth, The lands for men, the Lord Almighty.”