Allegorical poem · c. 9th century

The Phoenix (Old English)

Old English text

by Anonymous (Old English)

The Old English verse of a richly decorative description of the mythical phoenix and its cyclical death and rebirth in a paradisal eastern land, allegorized in the poem's second half as a figure of Christian resurrection.

Contents · 6 parts

• Lines 1–124about 120 lines
• Lines 125–264about 140 lines
• Lines 265–386about 120 lines
• Lines 387–517about 130 lines
• Lines 518–649about 130 lines
• Lines 650–67728 lines

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