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17 May 2026 04:22
A long-lost manuscript discovered in Rome has revealed one of the oldest surviving versions of the very first known poem written in English. Hidden for decades and once believed lost, the 1,200-year-old manuscript contains Caedmons Hymn - a nine-line Old English poem said to have been miraculously composed by a shy Northumbrian cowherd after a divine dream.
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