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This maid was called Elene the bright and gentle; no countess or queen could be her equal in loveliness.
The Junior Classics — Volume 4 William Patten 1902
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Constantine, the warrior of the Early English poem of "Elene," is far from being the same in character as the tender-hearted Constantine of
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[90] Four poems have come down to us signed by means of an acrostic on the Runic letters of his name: "Elene" (on the finding of the cross),
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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Even in Anglo-Saxon times many legends clustered round his name, so that Cynewulf, the religious poet of early England, wrote the poem of "Elene" mainly on the subject of his conversion.
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The poems I am going to bring before you now are the "Elene" and a poem on the Holy Cross, which has been attributed to Cynewulf, and which I for one -- and I am not by any means alone in this -- love to believe that he must have written.
Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Emily Hickey
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Early English religious poet; "Elene," his poem on the subject of conversion of Constantine the Great,
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Then, in a very few words the story told in "Elene" is condensed.
Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Emily Hickey
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Cynewulf's poem, "Elene," written on the subject of his conversion,
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It is a moot point whether the "Elene" or the "Dream of the Holy Rood" came first.
Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Emily Hickey
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The "Elene", with those next mentioned, became known only in 1836 upon the discovery of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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