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OLD ENGLISH POEMS

TRANSLATED INTO THE ORIGINAL METER

TOGETHER WITH
SHORT SELECTIONS FROM OLD ENGLISH PROSE

BY
COSETTE FAUST, Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN THE SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
AND
STITH THOMPSON, Ph.D.
INSTRUCTOR IN ENGLISH IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY
CHICAGO NEW YORK

ROBERT O. LAW COMPANY
EDITION BOOK MANUFACTURERS
CHICAGO, U.S.A.

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I. PAGAN POETRY
1. EPIC OR HEROIC GROUP
PAGE
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
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OLD ENGLISH POEMS

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