The Phoenix
Select translations from Old English poetry
Boston: Ginn & Company, 1902
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This is an extract from a larger work. It is a prose translation from Old English of the poem The Phoenix, an allegorical retelling of the ancient story of the fabulous bird, the phoenix. The poem is found in manuscript Exeter Cathedral Library, Exeter Dean and Chapter MS 3501 (the Exeter Book). The author is unknown.
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The orginal text as published in 1902 is in the public domain, as is this extract from it.