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whatever passages of Scripture were explained to him into
delightful and moving poetry in his own English tongue. These
verses of his stirred the hearts of many folk to despise the world
and aspire to heavenly things. Others after him tried to compose
religious poems in English, but none could compare with him,
for he received this gift of poetry as a gift from God and did not
 acquire it through any human teacher. For this reason he could
never compose any frivolous or profane verses, but only such
as had a religious theme fell fittingly from his devout lips. And
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sing,” he replied. “It is because I cannot sing that I left the feast
and came here.” The man who addressed him then said: “But
you shall sing to me.” “What should I sing about?” he replied.
“Sing about the Creation of all things,” the other answered. And
Caedmon immediately began to sing verses in praise of God
the Creator that he had never heard before, and their theme ran
 thus: “Let us praise the Maker of the kingdom of heaven, the
power and purpose of our Creator, and the acts of the Father
of glory. Let us sing how the eternal God, the Author of all
marvels, first created the heavens for the sons of men as a roof
to cover them, and how their almighty Protector gave them the
earth for their dwelling place.” This is the general sense, but not
the actual words that Caedmon sang in his dream; for however
excellent the verses, it is impossible to translate them from one
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men, so that they might decide their quality and origin. All of
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of heaven. In addition to these, he composed several others on
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