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Here's one where the
introduction probably

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will take longer than the poem.

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But there's a fantastic
Anglo-Saxon poem called,

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"Deor", which was apparently
written by a guy named Deor,

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who was a court poet.

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And there were tales about
all of these historical and

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mythological troubles.

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And at the end of every trouble,
at the end of every stanza,

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there's a refrain that
goes, 'that sorrow passed,

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and so may this.'

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And then there's this tremendous
turn at the end of the poem.

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And Deor speaks about himself.

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And he tells us that he's
been displaced as court poet.

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And basically, his
future is shot.

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But then that refrain
comes around again,

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'that sorrow passed,
and so may this.'

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This is called, "Song
for the Song-maker".

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"Deor is done for,
defiled and defunct.

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His tongue is in tatters.

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Take him away.

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Burn his aestel.

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Bury his books.

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And let out a woe:
The world is worse."

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