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Quotation from Cædmon's Hymn by Cædmon
“Then the world below, the Ward of mankind, The Lord everlasting, at last established As a home for man, the Almighty Lord.”
Cædmon's Hymn, Lines 7-9, trans. Cosette Faust and Stith Thompson (1918)
The hymn ends with the earth made ready as humanity's dwelling, closing on yet another title for God.
Citation: "Then the world below, the Ward of mankind, The Lord everlasting, at last established As a home for man, the Almighty Lord." — Cædmon, Cædmon's Hymn, Lines 7-9, trans. Cosette Faust and Stith Thompson (1918). (id caedmons-hymn-q3)
