 | Saint Bede (the Venerable), John Allen Giles - 1843 - 452 pages
...himself to rest at the proper time ; a person appeared to him in his sleep, and saluting him by his name, said, " Caedmon, sing some song to me." He answered, " I cannot sing ; for that was the reason why I left the entertainment, and retired to this place, beCsedmon inspired... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1849 - 566 pages
...himself to rest at the proper time ; a person appeared to him in his sleep, and saluting him by his name, said, " Caedmon, sing some song to me." He answered, " I cannot sing ; for that was the reason why I left the entertainment, and retired to this place, because I could... | |
 | 1853 - 440 pages
...down to rest at the proper time ; a person appeared to him in his sleep, and saluting him by his name, said, " Caedmon, sing some song to me." He answered, " I cannot sing ; for that was the reason why I left the entertainment, and retired to this place, because I could... | |
 | Bede (the venerable.) - 1853 - 488 pages
...down to rest at the proper time ; a person appeared to him in his sleep, and saluting him by his name, said, " Caedmon, sing some song to me." He answered, " I cannot sing ; for that was the reason why I left the entertainment, and retired to this place, because I could... | |
 | John Blackburn - 1854 - 392 pages
...cxjcir. 6. Beds'« " Ecclesiastical History, book iii. chap. 5. his sleep, and saluting him by hie name, said, ' Caedmon, sing some song to me.' He answered, 'I cannot sing; for that was the reason why I left the . entertainment, and retired to this place, because I could... | |
 | 1860 - 718 pages
...himself to rest at the proper time ; a person appeared to htm in his sleep, and saluting him by his name, said, ' Caedmon, sing some song to me.' He answered, ' I cannot sing ; for that was the reason why I left the entertainment, and retired to this place, because I could... | |
 | Elizabeth Rundle Charles, Henry Boynton Smith - 1864 - 474 pages
...minster. The presence of the warm heart and clear mind of the abbess was felt every, where. Caedmon, the Christian poet, was one of the Abbess Hilda's...sing?' he rejoined. ' Sing the beginning of created beings,' said the voice. Then in his dream he began to sing, in words he had never heard before, the... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 240 pages
...instrument was coming to him in turn. After one of these occasions, a person appeared to him in his sleep and said, " Caedmon, sing some song to me." He answered, " I cannot sing, and for that reason I left the entertainment." The other said, "However, you shall sing." •" What shall I sing?" rejoined... | |
 | Elizabeth Charles - 1880 - 388 pages
...straw to rest and fell asleep. But in his sleep one appeared to him in a dream and said, " Csedmon, sing some song to me." He answered, " I cannot sing, and for that reason I retired from the feast." Then the voice said, " Nevertheless you shall sing." " What shall I sing?"... | |
 | Blackford Condit - 1882 - 488 pages
...he had charge of the horses, " a person appeared to him in his sleep, and saluting him by his name, said, ' Caedmon, sing some song to me.' He answered, ' I cannot sing ; for that was the reason I left the entertainment, and retired to this place, because I could not... | |
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I cannot sing; for that was the reason why I left the entertainment, and retired to this place, because I could not sing.' The other who talked to him replied, 'However, you shall sing.' 'What shall I sing?' rejoined he. 'Sing the beginning of created... 
