Chapter II: Christian Poetry

1. CAEDMONIAN SCHOOL.
Caedmon's Hymn 83
Bede's Death Song 84
Selection From Genesis--The Offering of Isaac 85
Selection From Exodus--The Crossing of the Red Sea 90

2. CYNEWULF AND HIS SCHOOL
a. Cynewulf
(1) Selections from Christ 95
1. Hymn to Christ 96
2. Hymn to Jerusalem 96
3. Joseph and Mary 97
4. Runic Passage 100
(2) Selections from Elene 103
1. The Vision of the Cross 103
2. The Discovery of the Cross 105
b. Anonymous Poems of the Cynewulfian School
(1) The Dream of the Rood 108
(2) Judith 116
(3) The Phoenix 132
(4) The Grave 157

III. POEMS FROM THE CHRONICLE
The Battle of Brunnanburg 159
The Battle of Maldon 163

APPENDIX--PROSE SELECTIONS
Account of the Poet Caedmon 179
Alfred's Preface to His Translation of Gregory's "Pastoral Care" 183
Conversion of Edwin 187
Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan 189