Caedmon's Hymn
By Caedmon
Translated By Roy M. Liuzza
Now let us praise Heaven-Kingdom's guardian,
the Maker's might and his mind's thoughts,
the work of the glory-father—of every wonder,
eternal Lord. He established a beginning.
He first shaped for men's sons
Heaven as a roof, the holy Creator;
then middle-earth mankind's guardian,
eternal Lord, afterwards prepared
the earth for men, the Lord almighty.
Copyright Credit: Roy Liuzza, "Caedmon’s Hymn" from Old English Poetry: An Anthology. Copyright © 2014 by Roy Liuzza. Reprinted by permission of Broadview Press.
Source: Old English Poetry: An Anthology (Broadview Press, 2014)