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Cædmon
3 quotes
“Light was first Through the Lord's word Named day: Beauteous, bright creation!”
“The fiend with all his comrades Fell then from heaven above, Through as long as three nights and days, The angels from heaven into hell; And them all the Lord transformed to devils, Because they his deed and word Would not revere.”
Cædmon (active around 700) first seen 1832 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Translated by Benjamin Thorpe, Caedmon's Metrical Paraphrase of Parts of the Holy Scriptures in Anglo-Saxon (London: Society of Antiquaries, 1832)
“I am in charity, my children, with all the servants of God.”
Cædmon (active around 700) first seen 1779 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Last words (c. 680), reported by Bede. Translated by Lionel Charlton, The History of Whitby, and Whitby Abbey (York: A. Ward, 1779) bk. 1, p. 30