Composed in Old English by a Northumbrian agricultural worker in the 7th century, "Caedmons Hymn" appears within some copies of the “Ecclesiastical History of the English People,” written in Latin by a monk and saint known as the Venerable Bede.

Researchers in Dublin have uncovered the oldest surviving English poem in a Roman library. The poem, "Caedmon’s Hymn," was composed in Old English by a Northumbrian worker in the…

Composed in Old English by a Northumbrian agricultural worker in the 7th century, "Caedmons Hymn" appears within some copies of the “Ecclesiastical History of the English People,”…