Caedmons hymn bedes death song deors lament the wifes lament Poems

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Old English translations by Michael R. Burch
by Michael R. Burch

This page collects some of the very best Old English/Anglo-Saxon poems in modern English translations by Michael R. Burch. There is also a selection of Middle English poetry translations.

"Wulf and Eadwacer" is one of the truly great poems of English antiquity. It has been classified as an elegy, a lament, a lover's lament, an early ballad or villanelle, a riddle, a charm, and as a frauenlieder or "woman's song."

Wulf and Eadwacer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

My clan's curs pursue him like crippled game;
they'll rip him apart if he approaches their pack.
It is otherwise with us.

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Recent Caedmons hymn bedes death song deors lament the wifes lament Poems
Old English translations by Michael R. Burch
by Michael R. Burch

This page collects some of the very best Old English/Anglo-Saxon poems in modern English translations by Michael R. Burch. There is also a selection of Middle English poetry translations.

"Wulf and Eadwacer" is one of the truly great poems of English antiquity. It has been classified as an elegy, a lament, a lover's lament, an early ballad or villanelle, a riddle, a charm, and as a frauenlieder or "woman's song."

Wulf and Eadwacer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

My clan's curs pursue him like crippled game;
they'll rip him apart if he approaches their pack.
It is otherwise with us.

......

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