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Quotation from The Dream of the Rood by Anonymous
“There wept all creation, Bewailed the King's death; Christ was on the cross.”
The Dream of the Rood, Lines 55-56, trans. James M. Garnett (1889)
The cosmic lament at the moment of Christ's death; the last clause is among the most famous in Old English verse.
Citation: "There wept all creation, Bewailed the King's death; Christ was on the cross." — Anonymous, The Dream of the Rood, Lines 55-56, trans. James M. Garnett (1889). (id the-dream-of-the-rood-q4)
Portrait: The Dream of the Rood, On Being, Public domain.
