Researchers find oldest English poem in a Roman library
Caedmon’s Hymn, composed in Old English by a Northumbrian agricultural worker in 7th century, attests to language's wide diffusion, long before what was previously understood The post Researchers find oldest English poem in a Roman library appeared first on The Times of Israel .
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