How can I find the first written/oral poems in English. I am looking for "The Complaint of Deor" now.

Thanks in advance

How can I find the first written/oral poems in English. I am looking for "The Complaint of Deor" now.

Thanks in advance

This may help you, perhaps.

http://www.kami.demon.co.uk/gesithas/readings/deor_me.html

http://www.kami.demon.co.uk/gesithas/readings/readings.html

http://www.kami.demon.co.uk/gesithas/index.html

This is the old version of Deor


http://www.kami.demon.co.uk/gesithas/readings/deor_oe.html