{"id":14,"date":"2013-05-26T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-11-13T04:42:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T04:42:20","slug":"cedmond-caedmon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/2013\/05\/26\/cedmond-caedmon\/","title":{"rendered":"Cedmond (Caedmon)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cedmond<\/b>.
\n(This poem introduces Tweddell’s chapter on Cadmon in his book The Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham 1872. You can down load the book on the Tweddell Hub here http:\/\/georgemarkhamtweddell.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/12\/bards-and-authors-of-cleveland-and.html<\/a>
\nand in Old Cleveland by WH Burnett – here http:\/\/georgemarkhamtweddell.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/12\/old-cleveland-local-writers-and-local.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe old Brigantes from our bosky brooks
\nAnd heather-covered hills far were driven;
\nThe Roman legions had been call\u2019d away
\nFrom Britain\u2019s isle, to cross their swords with men
\nWho, rear\u2019d in savage wilds, had over-run 5
\nFair Italy, and sought to rule the world;
\nThe hardy Saxons, from Teutonic woods,
\nHad made our shores their own, and fixed their feet
\nSo firmly on the sod, that nought could shake
\nTheir footsteps from our soil; when he arose, 10
\nCedmon, the humble herdsman of the swine
\nThat fed on mast of Cleveland\u2019s oaks and beeches,
\nOr tended beeves that then were wont to graze
\nIn Cleveland\u2019s pastures. He heard old ocean
\nDash his wild waves in fury at his feet 15
\nOf Cleveland\u2019s Iron cliffs, and saw them foam
\nAs if with rage,\u2014anon lie sleeping on
\nOur silver sands, their motion as serene
\nAs maiden\u2019s breasts, which merely heave with breathing;
\nHe saw the morning sun rise in its beauty, 20
\nShine in its glory, and in splendour set;
\nThe moon and stars for him adorn\u2019d the night,
\nAs they had done for Homer; flowers came forth
\nIn all their rustic beauty at his feet;
\nAnd birds and bees made music for his ears; 25
\nAnd he became\u2014a poet!\u201d<\/p>\n

George Markham Tweddell<\/b>
\n[Bards and Authors p. 21, under \u2018Peter Proletarius<\/b>\u2019]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cedmond. (This poem introduces Tweddell’s chapter on Cadmon in his book The Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham 1872. You can down load the book on the Tweddell Hub here http:\/\/georgemarkhamtweddell.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/12\/bards-and-authors-of-cleveland-and.html and in Old Cleveland by WH Burnett – here http:\/\/georgemarkhamtweddell.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/12\/old-cleveland-local-writers-and-local.html \u201cThe old Brigantes from our bosky brooks And heather-covered hills far were driven; The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":52,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}