the caedmon's hymn

• ingiliz edebiyati'nin ilk eseridir kendileri. yazari bede'dir ve caedmon isimli sahsin gordugu bir ruyadan sonraki duygularini anlattigi siirdir.
  
  now we must praise the protector of the heavenly kingdom,
  the might of the measurer and his mind's purpose,
  the work of the father of glory, as he each of the wonders,
  eternal lord, he established a beginning.
  he shaped first for the sons of men,
  heaven as a roof, the holy maker;
  the middle-world, mankind's guardian,
  eternal lord, he made after,
  solid ground for men, the almighty lord god.
• old english versiyonu şöyledir;
  
  no sculon herigean heofonrices weard
  meotodes meahte ond his modgethanc
  weorc wuldorfeader swa he wundra gehwaes
  ece drihten on onstealde
  he aerest sceop eorthan bearnum
  heofon to hrofe halig scippend
  tha middangeard monncynnes weard
  ece drihten aefter teode
  firum foldan frea aelmihtig.