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Excerpt from The Easter Song: Being the First Epic of Christendom The Easter Song of Sedulius takes rank as the First Epic of Christendom, and may be regarded as the Morning Hymn of the Christian World. Juvencus, who preceded him, produced but a metrical and amplified version of the text of the New Testament. Sedulius conceived the Great Epic. Beginning with the expulsion of the First of Man from Paradise, and the intrusion of Death because of disobedience, he describes the consequences of the Fall - the darkness of the World illumined by one only hope - and the coming, the sufferings and the sublime triumph of the Redeemer of Mankind. Few works have been held in so high honour, or have commanded a great audience through so many generations. Its earliest Editor was a Roman Consul; an Emperor, Theodosius, declared himself grateful for its dedication; the First Council of the Church welcomed it with distinguished praise. From its appearance in the middle of the fifth century it became the Christian classic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Easter Song Being the The First Epic of Christendom by Sedulus The First Scholar-Saint of Erinn with Introduction, Verse-Translation and Appendices Including a Schedule of Milton's "Debts" by George Sigerson M.D., M. Ch., Hon. Litt.D., Hon. F.R.C.P.I. Professor N.U.I.; President of History Society, U.C.D.; President of National Literary Society, Ireland; Member National Academy, Ireland; Member of La Société Clinique, and of La Société de Psychologie Physologique de Paris

Coelius Sedulius

Published: 1922

Total Pages: 269


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This is the first complete English translation of the poetic works of Sedulius, a Christian Latin poet of late antiquity whose biblical epic and hymns were enormously popular during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. The introduction places the poet and his works into his historical and literary contexts, followed by the Latin text of Sedulius’s poetic works with English translation on facing pages. Notes on linguistic and historical matters are designed to help the reader with little or no Latin and only some familiarity with Sedulius’s classical and biblical sources. Appendices supply texts and translations of incidental related materials, including Sedulius’s dedicatory letters; biographical notices, subscriptions, and laudatory poems associated with Sedulius’s works in the manuscript tradition; and representative excerpts from Sedulius’s own prose paraphrase of the Paschale Carmen. The volume includes a bibliography and index.