A medieval book in Rome has been hiding the oldest English poem (opens in new tab)

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Researchers in Dublin have uncovered the oldest surviving English poem in a Roman library. The poem, "Caedmon’s Hymn," was composed in Old English by a Northumbrian worker in the seventh century.

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Hidden copy of the oldest known poem in the English language leaves researchers ‘speechless’

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First Poem Ever Written in English 1,300 Years Ago Found Hidden Inside Library in Rome