Þær His Eðel Wæs ("Thither His Homeland Was") includes new verse translations of a selection of the most important surviving poems written in Anglo-Saxon, including elegies, gnomic poems, battle poems, and poems of Christian consolation, all presented in a bilingual layout for ease of reference, with translator's introduction and notes. Together, they reveal an ancient culture defined by its remarkable ability to shape sorrow into beauty. The Elegies: The Wanderer, Deor the Scald's Lament, The Ruin, Wulf & Eadwacer; The Gnomic Poems: Widsið, A Proverb from Winfrid's Time, The Fortunes of Men, The Rhyming Poem; Battle Poems: Waldere A, Waldere B, The Battle of Finnsburg, The Battle of Brunanburg, The Battle of Maldon; Metrical Charms: Against a Dwarf, A Journey Charm; Anglo-Saxon Christianity: Homily & Allegory: The Seafarer, Soul & Body I, Cædmon's Hymn, Kentish Hymn, Resignation A, Resignation B, The Whale, Bede's Death-Song, Thureth, The Fates of the Apostles, The Dream of the Rood.