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Cosette Faust Newton
I. PAGAN POETRY
1. EPIC OR HEROIC GROUP
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Widsith 15
Deor’s Lament 26
Waldhere 29
The Fight at Finnsburg 34
2. GNOMIC GROUP
Charms
1. Charm for Bewitched Land 38
2. Charm for a Sudden Stitch 42
Riddles
1. A Storm 44
2. A Storm 45
3. A Storm 46
5. A Shield 48
7. A Swan 49
8. A Nightingale 49
14. A Horn 50
15. A Badger 51
23. A Bow 52
26. A Bible 52
45. Dough 54
47. A Bookworm 54
60. A Reed 54
Exeter Gnomes 56
The Fates of Men 58
3. ELEGIAC GROUP
The Wanderer 62
The Seafarer 68
The Wife’s Lament 72
The Husband’s Message 75
The Ruin 78
II. CHRISTIAN POETRY
1. CÆDMONIAN SCHOOL.
CÆdmon’s Hymn 83
Bede’s Death Song 84
Selection From Genesis—The Offering of Isaac 85
Selection From Exodus—The Crossing of the Red Sea 90
2. CYNEWULF AND HIS SCHOOL
a. Cynewulf
(1) Selections from Christ 95
1. Hymn to Christ 96
2. Hymn to Jerusalem 96
3. Joseph and Mary 97
4. Runic Passage 100
(2) Selections from Elene 103
1. The Vision of the Cross 103
2. The Discovery of the Cross 105
b. Anonymous Poems of the Cynewulfian School
(1) The Dream of the Rood 108
(2) Judith 116
(3) The Phoenix 132
(4) The Grave 157
III. POEMS FROM THE CHRONICLE
The Battle of Brunnanburg 159
The Battle of Maldon 163
APPENDIX—PROSE SELECTIONS
Account of the Poet CÆdmon 179
Alfred’s Preface to His Translation of Gregory’s “Pastoral Care” 183
Conversion of Edwin 187
Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan 189
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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