Religion
The Brussels Cross
Translated by Chauncey B. Tinker, in Cook & Tinker, Select Translations from Old English Poetry (1902) · From Select Translations from Old English Poetry, ed. Albert S. Cook & Chauncey B. Tinker (1902)
Rood is my name. Once long ago I bore
Trembling, bedewed with blood, the mighty King,
Codex Note
The verse inscription on a reliquary of the True Cross in Brussels Cathedral, closely related to lines 42-48 of The Dream of the Rood; an Old English text of it is also in this archive.
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MLA
Anonymous (Old English). “The Brussels Cross.” Translated by Chauncey B. Tinker, in Cook and Tinker, Select Translations from Old English Poetry. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/233/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Old English). “The Brussels Cross.” Translated by Chauncey B. Tinker, in Cook and Tinker, Select Translations from Old English Poetry. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/233/.
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