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The Four Ancient Books of Wales Containing the Cymric Poems Attributed to the Bards of the Sixth Century (v. 1,pt. 2)
The Four Ancient Books of Wales Containing the Cymric Poems Attributed to the Bards of the Sixth Century - v. 1,pt. 2 Author:William Forbes Skene Volume: v. 1,pt. 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1868 Original Publisher: Edmonston and Douglas Subjects: Welsh poetry Foreign Language Study / General History / Europe / Great Britain Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black... more » and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: M. POEMS RELATING TO CADWALLAWN. INI. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XLDC Text, vol. ii. p. 204. Notes, vol. ii. p. 480. BRIGHT festivity About the two lakes, The lake on my side. The side about the Caer, The Caer in urgency Has been described. A comely flight from it ; And the legion of the band Augmented stones. 10 The dragon will flow around, Above the places, Vessels of liquor, Liquor in golden horns, flolden horns in hand, 1 I and on the knife, The knife on the rallying point Truly I implore thee, Victorious Beli, Son of Manogan, the king; 20 That will preserve the qualities Of the honey isle of Beli, He had a right to it Five chiefs there will be Of the Gwyddyl Ffichti, Of a sinner's disposition, Of the race of the knife. Five others there will be, Of the Norddmyn's place, The sixth a wonderful king, 30 From sowing to reaping. The seventh proceeded To land over the flood. The eighth of the line of Dyvi. Shall not be separated from prosperity, Before the shout of Vonni. The calls of Eryri. 'With difficulty thou wilt come. Let us implore Eloi, When we may be with Celi, 40 A dwelling of heaven will be to me. LVII. BOOK OF TAUKSSIN U Text, Vo! ii. p. 205. Notes, vol. ii. p. 420. God exalt over the community of Brython The sign of gladness of a host from Mona. There is a contention among the active patriots of Gwynedd. Of b...« less