Introduction. Chapter Xii. Recent Criticism : p. 208 CHAPTER XII. RECENT CRITICISM OF HISTORICAL POEMS EXAMINED. THE objections under the second proposition apply mainly to the poems classed by Mr. Stephens and Mr. Nash as historical. Mr. Stephens maintains that there are not only in some of these poems direct allusions to persons and events...
W. Poems Relating To Legends Of Alexander. Part 02 : p. 566 W. POEMS RELATING TO LEGENDS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. CV. THE CONTRIVED WORLD. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXVI. HE was dexterous that fairly ruled over a country, He was most generous, with most beautiful queens, He was a violent poison of woe to his fellow-countrymen. He broke upon Darius three...
R. Anonymous Poems On Religious Subjects. Part 06 : LXXX. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN X. HAIL, glorious Lord! May church and chancel bless Thee!' And chancel and church! And plain and precipice! And the three fountains there are, Two above wind, and one above the earth, May darkness and light bless Thee! And fine silk and sweet trees! Abraham...
S. Poems Relating To Yscolan. Lxxxvi. Black : p. 518 S. POEMS RELATING TO YSCOLAN. LXXXVI. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXVI. I. BLACK thy horse, black thy cope, Black thy head, black thyself, Yes, black I art thou Yscolan? II. I am Yscolan the scholar, Slight is my clouded reason, There is no drowning the woe of him who offends a sovereign. III...
X. Poems Attributed To Llywarch Hen. Cxii : CXII. RED BOOK OF HERGEST X. I. SITTING high upon a hill, battle-inclined is My mind, and it does not impel me onward: Short is my journey, my tenement is laid waste. II. Sharp is the gale, it is bare punishment to live; When the trees array themselves in gay colours Of summer; violently ill I am...
Y. Poems Beginning 'eiry Mynyd.'. Cxiv. Red : p. 586 Y. POEMS BEGINNING "EIRY MYNYD." CXIV. RED BOOK OF HERGEST IV. I. MOUNTAIN snow--every region is white; The raven is accustomed to sing. No good will come from long sleeping. II. Mountain snow--white the ravine; From the assault of the wind trees will bend. Many a two may mutually love, But...
C. Poems Referring To Gwydyon Ap D. Part 03 : p. 271 XI. THE PRAISE` OF LLUDD THE GREAT BOOK OF TALIESSIN LII. THE best song they will dispraise, Eight numbers they will protect, Monday, they will come, Devastating they will go. Tuesday, they will portion Anger against the adversary. Wednesday, they will reap. Pomp in excess. Thursday, they...
U. Poems Relating To The Life And Opinions. Part 10 : XCI. THE CHAIR OF TALIESSIN. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XIII. Text, vol. ii. p. 151. Notes, vol. ii. p. 403. I AM the agitator Of the praise of God the Ruler. With respect to the concerns of song, The requisites of a profound speaker, A bard, with the breast of an astrologer. When he recites The Awen...
P. Poems Which Mention Henry, Or The S. Part 05 : LXVI. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XVI. I. BLESSED is the birch in the valley of the Gwy, Whose branches will fall off one by one, two by two, It will remain when there will be a battle in Ardudwy, p. 482 And the lowing together of cattle about the ford of Mochnwy, And spears and shouting at Dyganwy...
U. Poems Relating To The Life And Opinions. Part 07 : XCIV. SONG TO THE GREAT WORLD. BOOK OF TALIESSIN LV. I WILL adore my Father, My God, my strengthener, Who infused through my head A soul to direct me. Who has made for me in perception, My seven faculties. Of fire and earth, And water and air, And mist and flowers, 10 And southerly wind. p. 540...
Title Page : The FOUR ANCIENT BOOKS Of WALES CONTAINING The Cymric Poems Attributed To The Bards Of The Sixth Century BY WILLIAM F. SKENE EDINBURGH EDMONSTON AND DOUGLAS [1868] Scanned , March 2003. John Bruno Hare, redactor. This text is in the public domain. These files may be used for any non-commercial...
C. Poems Referring To Gwydyon Ap D. Part 07 : XV. DEATH-SONG OF DYLAN SON OF THE WAVE. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XLIII. ONE God Supreme, divine, the wisest, the greatest his habitation When he came to the field, who charmed him in the hand of the extremely liberal. Or sooner than he, who was on peace on the nature of a turn. An opposing groom, pois...
U. Poems Relating To The Life And Opinions. Part 03 : XCVIII. THE PLEASANT THINGS OF TALIESSIN. BOOK OF TALIESSIN IV. A PLEASANT virtue, extreme, penance to an extreme course; Also pleasant, when God is delivering me. Pleasant, the carousal that hinders not mental exertion; Also pleasant, to drink together about horns. Pleasant is Nud, the superi...
G. Poems Referring To War Between Sons. Part 04 : p. 319 II. HISTORICAL POEMS CONTAINING ALLUSIONS TO EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO A.D. 560. G. POEMS REFERRING TO WAR BETWEEN SONS OF LLYWARCH HEN AND MWG MAWR DREFYDD. XXX. NAMES OF THE SONS OF LLYWARCH HEN. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXXIX. I. SWEETLY sings the bird on the fragrant tree Over the head...
R. Anonymous Poems On Religious Subjects. Part 02 : LXXXIV. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXV. AS long as we sojourn among excess and pride, Let our work be perfect; Let us seek deliverance through faith, And religion and belief, as long as there is a belief in p. 516 God through obtaining faith, And by doing great penance daily, Soul, why askest thou...
F. Poems Relating To Cities Of The Cymry. Part 04 : XXV. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXI. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XIV. I. I WILL pray God to deliver the people of the fair (town), The owner of heaven and earth, ill-wise pervader. p. 304 A pleasant Caer there is on the surface of the ocean. May be joyful in the splendid festival its king. And the time when...
E. Poems Referring To Early Traditions Which. Part 05 : p. 296 E. POEMS REFERRING TO EARLY TRADITIONS WHICH BELONG TO A LATER SCHOOL XIX. THE CHAIR OF CERIDWEN. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XVI. SOVEREIGN of the power of the air, thou also The satisfaction of my transgressions. At midnight and at matins There shone my lights. Courteous the life of Minawg ap Llen...
X. Poems Attributed To Llywarch Hen. Cx : CX. RED BOOK OF HERGEST VIII. 1. ENTANGLING is the snare, clustered is the ash; The ducks are in the pond; white breaks the wave; More powerful than a hundred is the counsel of the heart. II. Long the night, boisterous is the sea-shore; Usual a tumult in a congregation; The vicious will not agree...
Q. Poems Attributed To Other Early Bards. Part 05 : LXXV. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXI. I. NOT to call upon God, whose favour defends Both the innocent and the angels, Is too much of false pride; Woe to him that does it openly in the world. II. I love not treasure with traces of dwellings no longer existing; Everything in the present state is like...
X. Poems Attributed To Llywarch Hen. Cxi : p. 576 CXI. RED BOOK OF HERGEST IX. I. BRIGHT are the ash-tops; tall and white will they be When they grow in the upper part of the dingle; The languid heart, longing is her complaint. II. Bright is the top of the cliff at the long midnight hour; Every ingenious person will be honoured. It is...
Q. Poems Attributed To Other Early Bards : LXXIV. THE CYNGHOGION OF ELAETH. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XX. I. NOW gone are my ardour and liveliness; If I have erred, I truly acknowledge it; May the Lord not inflict upon me severe pain! II. May not the Lord inflict severe pain On man for his anger and passion. A reprobate of Heaven is...
U. Poems Relating To The Life And Opinions. Part 02 : XCIX. BOOK OF TALIESSIN V. O GOD, the God of formation, Ruler, strengthener of blood. Christ Jesus, that guards, Princes loud-proclaiming go their course. For a decaying acquisition. It will not make me without shares, The praising thy mercy. There hath not been here; O supreme Ruler; 10 There hath...
U. Poems Relating To The Life And Opinions. Part 06 : XCV. SONG TO THE LITTLE WORLD. BOOK OF TALIESSIN LVI. THE beautiful I sang of, I will sing. The world one day more. Much I reason, And I meditate. I will address the bards of the world, Since it is not told me What supports the world, That it falls not into vacancy. Or if the world should fall, 10...
Y. Poems Beginning 'eiry Mynyd.'. Cxv. Red : CXV. RED BOOK OF HERGEST III. Llewelyn and Gwrnerth were two penitent saints at Trallwng in Powys; and it was their custom to meet together during the last three hours of the night and the first three hours of the day to say their matins, and the hours of the day besides. And once upon a time...
P. Poems Which Mention Henry, Or The S. Part 04 : LXVII. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XVIII. O little pig! thou happy little pig! Bury not thy snout on the top of the mountain; Burrow in a secluded place in the woods, For fear of the hunting dogs of Rydderch, the champion of the faith. p. 483 And I will prognosticate, and it will be true, As far...
R. Anonymous Poems On Religious Subjects. Part 10 : p. 504 R. ANONYMOUS POEMS ON RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS. LXXVI. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN V. A SKILFUL composition, the pattern being from God, A composition, the language, beautiful and pleasant, from Christ. And should there be a language all complete around the sun, On as many pivots as there are under...
Introduction. Chapter X. Cumbri : p. 165 CHAPTER X. CUMBRIA AND THE MEN OF THE NORTH. THE districts comprehended at an early period under the name of Cumbria were of considerable extent; and, as its name indicates, occupied by a Cymric population. Joceline, who wrote about the year 1180, in his life of Kentigern, states th...
R. Anonymous Poems On Religious Subjects. Part 04 : p. 512 LXXXII. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XII. IN the name of the Lord, mine to adore, whose praise is great. I will praise the great Ruler, whose blessing is great on an alms-deed; The God that defends us, the God that made us, the God that will deliver us, The God of our hope, blessed, perfect...
Q. Poems Attributed To Other Early Bards. Part 03 : LXXII. CUHELYN. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN III. GOD supreme, be mine the Awen! Amen; fiat! A successful song of fruitful praise, relating to the bustling course of the host, According to the sacred ode of Cyridwen, the goddess of various seeds, The various seeds of poetic harmony, the exalted speech...
F. Poems Relating To Cities Of The Cymry. Part 02 : XXVIII. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXV. IT broke out with matchless fury. The rapid vehement fire. Him we praise above the earth, Fire, the fiery meteor of the dawn. Above the high gale, Higher than every cloud. Great his animal. He will not delay Nor the wedding-feast of Llyr. 10. His path is like...
E. Poems Referring To Early Traditions Which. Part 03 : XXI. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XLV. DISTURBED is the isle of the praise of Hu, the isle of the severe recompenser Mona of the good bowls, of active manliness. The Menei its door. I have drunk liquor of wine and bragget, from a brother departed. The universal sovereign, the end of every king, the ruin...
U. Poems Relating To The Life And Opinions. Part 12 : p. 523 V. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM THE BOOK OF TALIESSIN. U. POEMS RELATING TO THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TALIESSIN. LXXXIX. THE FOLD OF THE BARDS. BOOK OF TALIESSIN III. MEDITATING were my thoughts On the vain poetry of the bards of Brython. Making the best of themselves in the chief conventi...
G. Poems Referring To War Between Sons : XXXIII. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XI. I. I WAS formerly fair of limb, I was eloquent in speech: What is not wonderful will be extolled The men of Argoed have ever supported me. p. 327 II. I was formerly fair of limb, I was bold, I was admitted into the congress-house Of Powys, the paradise of the Cymry...
C. Poems Referring To Gwydyon Ap D. Part 05 : XVII. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XXII. HOW miserable it is to see Tumult, commotion, Wounds and confusion, The Brithwyr in motion, And a cruel fate. With the impulse of destiny, And for heaven's sake Declare the discontinuance of the disaster! It is not well that a son should be born: 10 His youthful...
U. Poems Relating To The Life And Opinions. Part 08 : XCIII. SONG TO MEAD. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XIX. I WILL adore the Ruler, chief of every place, Him, that supports the heaven: Lord of everything. Him, that made the water for every one good, Him, that made every gift, and prospers it. May Maelgwn of Mona be affected with mead, and affect us, p. 539...
O. Poems Connected With Powys. Lxiii. Red : LXIII. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XVI. I. STAND forth, maidens, and survey the land Of Cyndylan; Llys Pengwern, is it not in flames? Woe to the youth that longs for good fellowship. p. 449 II. One tree with the tendril on it Is escaping it may be, But what God shall have willed, let it come! III. Cyndyl...
J. Poems Relating To Urien And His Son Owen : XLVIII. THE DEATH-SONG OF OWAIN. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XLIV. Text, vol. ii. p. 199. Notes, vol. ii. p. 417. THE soul of Owain son of Urien. May its Lord consider its need. The chief of Reged, the heavy sward conceals him. His knowledge was not shallow. A low cell (contains) the renowned protect...
Untitled : This is William Skene's anthology of dark-age Welsh Bardic poetry. Often cited, but difficult to obtain, this book contains every remaining piece of Bardic poetry known. The poems are translated from four manuscripts: the Black Book of Caermarthen, the Red Book of Hergest (which is also the source...
O. Poems Connected With Powys. Lxii. Satire : p. 447 O. POEMS CONNECTED WITH POWYS. LXII. SATIRE OF CYNAN GARWYN SON OF BROCHWAEL. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXIII. CYNAN, the exciter of battle, Bestowed on me treasure, For not false the glory Of the stout hunting dogs of the domain. A hundred steeds of equal pace, Silver their covering. A hundred...
R. Anonymous Poems On Religious Subjects. Part 08 : LXXVIII. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN VII. LET us not reproach one another, but rather mutually save ourselves. Certain is a meeting after separation, The appointment of a senate, and a certain conference, And the rising from the grave after a long repose. p. 507 The mighty God will keep in his power...
P. Poems Which Mention Henry, Or The S. Part 02 : LXIX. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XIX. Soon it will happen that kindred by nature will be in the shout of war, Soon will happen many a cut from the tournament; Soon will come between Saxons a recoil From mutual wounding, irreverent burying and ministering; Soon will the men of Manaw come to obtain praise...
P. Poems Which Mention Henry, Or The S : LXX. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XXI. I. CHRIST JESUS! who art in complete possession of light, The strength of the feeble Christian in the gloom; Christ, the mysterious One! in order to produce seriousness May utterance be given to my bardic lays; May my bards, when they chant, be attended to; May my...
P. Poems Which Mention Henry, Or The S. Part 06 : LXV. A FUGITIVE POEM OF MYRDIN IN HIS GRAVE. RED BOOK OF HERGEST II. THE man that speaks from the grave Has been instructed that before seven years, The horse of Eurdein of the North will die. II. I have quaffed wine from a bright glass With the lords of fierce war; My name is Myrdin, s...
Introduction. Chapter Iv. State Of The Country : p. 42 CHAPTER IV. STATE OF THE COUNTRY IN THE SIXTH CENTURY, AND ITS HISTORY PRIOR TO A.D. 560. THE State of Wales and the distribution of the Cymric population, between the termination of the Roman dominion and the sixth century, so far as we can gather it from these ancient authorities, does not...
U. Poems Relating To The Life And Opinions. Part 04 : p. 545 XCVII. THE ELEGY OF THE THOUSAND SONS. BOOK OF TALIESSIN II. I. I WILL offer a prayer to the Trinity, May the Eternal grant me to praise thee! In the present course, dangerous Our work; destruction is a slight impulse of wrath. They reckon of the saints a tribe, King of heaven, may I be...
G. Poems Referring To War Between Sons. Part 03 : p. 321 XXXI. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXX. I. KEEN is the gale, bare the hill, It is difficult to find a shelter; The ford is turbid, frozen is the lake, A man stands firm with one stalk. II. Wave after wave rolls towards the shore; Loud the shoutings in front of the heights of the hill, If one...
Introduction. Chapter V. State Of Brit : p. 61 CHAPTER V. STATE OF BRITAIN IN A.D. 560 WHEN GILDAS WROTE, AND KINGS OF THE LINE OF "DYFI". GILDAS, in his epistle, written probably from Armorica, draws a dark picture of the state of Britain. The colours may be overcharged and the lines deepened; but, exaggerated though it may be by...
M. Poems Relating To Cadwallawn. Lvi. Book : p. 431 M. POEMS RELATING TO CADWALLAWN. LVI. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XLIX. A 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...
V. Poems Relating To Jewish History. Cii : CII. THE ROD OF MOSES. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXIV. FROM every return his host of brothers he rencountered, Advantage acknowledged to Christ the Ruler, portion of praise. The glorious God sits on the lap of Mary his counterpart. The course of truth, perfect nobility, a pattern of thee. Rods of Jesse...
A. Poems Referring To Early Traditions. Iv : p. 256 IV. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XLI. MADAWG, the joy of the wall, Madawg, before he was in the grave, Was a fortress of abundance Of games, and society. The son of Uthyr before he was slain, From his hand he pledged thee. Erof the cruel came, Of impotent joy; Of impotent sorrow. 10 Erof the cruel...
Introduction. Chapter Ii. The Literature : p. 19 CHAPTER II. THE LITERATURE OF WALES SUBSEQUENT TO THE TWELFTH CENTURY. PRIOR to the twelfth century there are not many poems which claim to belong to the literature of that period, besides those attributed to Taliessin, Aneurin, Llywarch Hen, and Myrddin. The Black Book of Caermarthen...
N. Predictive Poems Relating To Cadwaladyr. Part 03 : p. 436 N. PREDICTIVE POEMS RELATING TO CADWALADYR. LIX. THE OMEN OF PRYDEIN THE GREAT. BOOK OF TALIESSIN VI. I. THE Awen foretells the hastening of The multitude, possessed of wealth and peace; And a bountiful sovereign, and eloquent princes. And after tranquillity, commotion in every place...
Introduction. Chapter Xiv. Result : p. 242 CHAPTER XIV. RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION OF THE POEMS, AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION. OF, a large proportion, then, of the historical poems, the scenery and events lie in the north; the warriors whose deeds they celebrate were "Gwyr y Gogled," or Men of the North. They are attributed to bards...
E. Poems Referring To Early Traditions Which : p. 302 XXIII. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXXVIII. I. SEITHENHIN, stand thou forth, And behold the billowy rows; The sea has covered the plain of Gwydneu. II. Accursed be the damsel, Who, after the wailing, Let loose the Fountain of Venus, the raging deep. III. Accursed be the maiden, Who, after...
I. Poems Relating To Urien Reged. Xliv : XLIV. THE SPOILS OF TALIESSIN, A SONG TO URIEN. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXVII. IN manliness he will greet my trouble, Should I be bled, I should evidently get better; Truly I saw. no one before, who saw not in me Every indisposition, he will cultivate his business. I saw a feeding about a lion for plants...
I. Poems Relating To Urien Reged. Xli. Book : XLI. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXXIV. IN one year One that provides Wine and bounty and mead, And manliness without enmity, And a musician excelling, With a swarm of spears about him. With ribbands at their heads, And their fair appearances. Every one went from his presence, 10 They came into the conflict...
A. Poems Referring To Early Traditions. V : p. 257 V. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XLVI. I AM Taliesin the ardent; I will enrich the praise of baptism. At the baptism of the ruler, the worshipper wondered, The conflict of the rocks and rocks and plain. There is trembling from fear of Cunedda the burner, In Caer Weir and Caer Lliwelydd. There is...
K. Poems Relating To The Battle Of Ardderyd : L. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XVII. I. SWEET appletree of delightful branches, Budding luxuriantly, and shooting forth renowned scions, I will predict before the owner of Machreu, That in the valley of Machawy on Wednesday there will be blood,-- Joy to Lloegyr of the blood-red blades. Rear, O little...
Introduction. Chapter Iii. Sources : p. 33 CHAPTER III. SOURCES OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF WALES. IN order to discriminate between what is true and what is fabulous in the early history of Wales as presented to us in the historic literature subsequent to the twelfth century, and to disentangle the fragments of real history contained...
X. Poems Attributed To Llywarch Hen. Cix : CIX. RED BOOK OF HERGEST VII. I. THE Calends of winter, hard is the grain; The leaves are on the move, the plash is full; In the morning before he sets off, Woe to him that trusts to a stranger. II. The Calends of winter, the time of pleasant gossiping, The gale and the storm keep equal pace; It is...
Z. Poems On Various Subjects. Cxvi. Red Book : p. 595 Z. POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. CXVI. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XVIII. LIKE a wheel revolving immense courses, A weakening affliction is the severe compulsion of taxes, The unjust imposition of the ardent dragon of the mountains. Terrible is the conflict about the ports and ferries...
Introduction. Chapter Viii. The Celtic Dialects : p. 120 CHAPTER VIII. THE CELTIC DIALECTS AND THE PROBABLE CHARACTER OF THE PICTISH LANGUAGE. THERE is a fallacy which lurks in many of the arguments regarding the ethnological character of the old Celtic nations, based upon the modern languages. In arguing from the modern languages, it is always...
I. Poems Relating To Urien Reged. Xlv. Red : XLV. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XII. I. LET the furious Unhwch lead me on To the front of the mutual conflict-- 'Tis better to be killed than parley on terms. II. Let the furious Unhwch lead me on-- It was said in the Pass of Llech,-- "Dunawd the son of Pabo will not lurk." III. Let the furious Unhwch...
F. Poems Relating To Cities Of The Cymry : XXIX. THE VERSES OF THE GRAVES. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XIX. I. THE graves which the rain bedews? Men that were not accustomed to afflict me:- Cerwyd, and Cywryd, and Caw. II. The graves which the thicket covers? They would not succumb without avenging themselves: Gwryen, Morien, and Morial. p...
I. Poems Relating To Urien Reged. Xliii : p. 352 XLIII. THE SATISFACTION OF URIEN. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXIX. THE lion will be most implacable; I will not deplore him. Urien I will approach, To him I will sing. When will come my surety, I shall obtain admission. Of the very best part, Under the flow of melody, It concerns me not much, 10...
H. Poems Relating To Gwallawg Ap Lleenawg. Part 03 : p. 336 H. POEMS RELATING TO GWALLAWG AP LLEENAWG. XXXIV. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXXII. I. ON a fine night Pen Gethin heard the shout of a host, When he took a long leap; Unless the ground be guarded he will not cease. II. Since Coegawg is so rich as this in gold, Close to the court of Gwallawg...
V. Poems Relating To Jewish History. Ciii : p. 563 CIII. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXIX. AND God the possessor, God the regulator, merciful diviner, Great., wonderful, when thou protectedst me through the wave. The hosts of Moses, sovereign Lord, woe their dispersion! Pharaoh and his host perceived them, cursing the cause, And to sea thou madest...
L. The Gododin Poems. Liii. Book Of Aneurin Iv : p. 412 LIII. BOOK OF ANEURIN IV. HERE NOW BEGINNETH THE GORCHAN OF CYNVELYN. WERE I to praise, Were I to sing, The Gwarchan would cause high shoots to spring, Stalks like the collar of Trych Trwyth, Monstrously savage, bursting and thrusting through, When he was attacked in the river Before his...
I. Poems Relating To Urien Reged. Xlii. Book : p. 350 XLII. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXXVI. EXTOL the career of the kings of Reged. Was I not an expense to thee, though I am thine? They brandished the blade of battle, and spears of battle, Men brandished under the round shield; lights White gulls trampled. It was not fell fought. A false king is not...
B. Poems Referring To Arthur The Guledig : IX. GERAINT, SON OF ERBIN. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXII. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XIV. I. BEFORE Geraint, the enemy of oppression, I saw white horses jaded and gory, And after the shout, a terrible resistance. p. 267 II. Before Geraint, the unflinching foe, I saw horses jaded and gory from the battle...
I. Poems Relating To Urien Reged. Xxxviii : XXXVIII. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXXI. THE men of Catraeth arose with the dawn, About the Guledig, of work a profitable merchant. This Urien, without mockery is his regret. He sustains the sovereignty and its demands. Warlike, the grandeur of a perfect prince of baptism. The men of Prydain hurtful...
B. Poems Referring To Arthur The Guledig. Part 03 : VII. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXXI. WHAT man is the porter? Glewlwyd Gavaelvawr. Who is the man that asks it? Arthur and the fair Cai. How goes it with thee? Truly in the best way in the world. Into my house thou shalt not come, p. 262 Unless thou prevailest, I forbid it. 10 Thou shalt see it. If...
J. Poems Relating To Urien And His Son Owen. Part 02 : XLVII. THE AFFAIR OF ARGOED LLWYFAIN. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXXV. IN the morning of Saturday there was a great battle, From when the sun rose until it gained its height. Flamdwyn hastened in four hosts Godeu and Reged to overwhelm. They extended from Argoed to Arvynyd. They retained not life during one...
I. Poems Relating To Urien Reged. Xl. Book : XL. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXXIII. IN rest, A song I kept. Respect and plenty And mead I possessed. I possessed mead. His triumph, And fair lands, A great wonder. And gold and hour, 10 And hour and treasure, And plenty And esteem. And giving a desire, A desire of giving it, To encourage me. He slays, he...
L. The Gododin Poems. Liv. Book Of Aneurin V : LIV. BOOK OF ANEURIN V. Every ode of the Gododin is equivalent to a single song, according to the privilege of poetical composition. Each of the Gwarchans is equal to three hundred and sixty-three songs, because the number of the men who went to Catraeth is commemorated in the Gorchans; and as no...
N. Predictive Poems Relating To Cadwaladyr : p. 444 LXI. BOOK OF TALIESSIN LIII. I. TRULY there will be to me a Roman friend. Possibly from the son of another man he will cause Before him that he heard the expanding tumult. And an army and flow of blood on his enemy. And let horses sound, and the multitude (be) merciful. They would cut, they...
B. Poems Referring To Arthur The Guledig. Part 02 : VIII. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXX. I. I WILL praise the sovereign, supreme king of the land, Who hath extended his dominion over the shore of the world. Complete was the prison of Gweir in Caer Sidi, Through the spite of Pwyll and Pryderi. No one before him went into it. The heavy blue chain held...
V. Poems Relating To Jewish History. Ci : p. 559 V. POEMS RELATING TO JEWISH HISTORY. CI. THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXII. THE Hebrews took upon the sons of Israel, High in mind, A joint number in succession. They approached. God kept vengeance On the people of Pharaonus. Ten plagues paining Before their being drowned...
H. Poems Relating To Gwallawg Ap Lleenawg. Part 02 : p. 337 XXXV. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XI. IN the name of the Ruler of heaven, the mighty one The supporter of his friends shall keep possession of his towns, Splendid his princely spear. Warlike kings spear-scouting. He will defend the pleasant plain of Lleenawg; The ruthless pushing shafts are broken...
I. Poems Relating To Urien Reged. Xxxvii : p. 341 I. POEMS RELATING TO URIEN REGED. XXXVII. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XVII. I HAVE freely greeted, I will freely greet, the familiar greeter of Urien Reged. May he diffuse his joy abroad! Gold and silver, how great their consumption and destruction. (Even) before they could come between the hands...
Introduction. Chapter Xiii. True Place : p. 225 CHAPTER XIII. TRUE PLACE OF THE POEMS IN WELSH LITERATURE. HAVING thus examined the recent criticism, by which the poems attributed to the bards of the sixth century are maintained really to belong to a much later period, so far as the limits of this work will permit, we have now...
M. Poems Relating To Cadwallawn. Lvii. Book : LVII. BOOK OF TALIESSIN L. MAY 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 bright radiancy, from every battle to have pledges,. Powys will become grave in embraces. Men, great-craving, will act...
W. Poems Relating To Legends Of Alexander : CVI. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXVIII. I WONDER that there is not proclaimed An acknowledgment of heaven to the earth. Of the coming of a giant Ruler, Alexander the Great. Alexander, possessor of multitudes. Passionate, iron-gifted, p. 568 Eminent for sword-strokes. He went under the sea, Under the sea he...
K. Poems Relating To The Battle Of Ardderyd. Part 02 : p. 368 K. POEMS RELATING TO THE BATTLE OF ARDDERYD. XLIX. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN I. I. How sad with me, how sad! Have Cedwyv and Cadvan perished? Glaring and tumultuous was the slaughter; Perforated was the shield from Trywruyd. TALIESSIN. II. It was Maelgwn that I saw combating, His household...
Introduction. Chapter Vi. Manau Godod : p. 77 CHAPTER VI. MANAU GODODIN AND THE PICTS. THE name of Manau was applied by the Welsh to the Isle of Man. Thus, in Nennius, "tres magnas insulas habet, quarum una vergit contra Armoricas et vocatur Inisgueith; secunda sita est in umbilico maris inter Hiberniam et Britanniam et vocatur nomen...
J. Poems Relating To Urien And His Son Owen. Part 03 : p. 363 J. POEMS RELATING TO URIEN AND HIS SON OWEN. XLVI. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XVIII. A rumour has come to met from Calchvynyd, A disgrace in the south country, a praiseworthy pillage. And he will give to a lion the fierceness of his baptism. Full is his strath of joyful produce. The people are...
U. Poems Relating To The Life And Opinions : C. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXVII. ON the face of the earth his equal was not born, Three persons of God, one Son gentle, strong Trinity. Son of the Godhead, Son of the Manhood, one son wonderful. Son of God, a fortress, Son of the blessed Mary, a good son to see. p. 558 Great his destiny, great God...
V. Poems Relating To Jewish History. Civ : CIV. BOOK OF TALIESSIN LI. THE eternal Trinity Made the element, p. 565 And after the element, Adam wonderfully. And after Adam, Well he made Eva. The blessed Israel The mighty Spirit made. Ardent the suggestion, 10 Clear the reasoning. Twelve towns of Israel, rising equally high, Twelve sons...
N. Predictive Poems Relating To Cadwaladyr. Part 02 : p. 443 LX. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XLVII. THE Awen foretells the hastening of The multitude, possessed of wealth and peace, And a bountiful sovereign, and eloquent princes, And after tranquillity, commotion in every place. The seven sons of Beli arose. Caswallawn, and Lludd, and Cestuddyn, Diwed, Plo...
A. Poems Referring To Early Traditions. Ii : II. THE DEATH-SONG OF CORROI, SON OF DAYRY. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XLII. I. THY large fountain fills the river, Thy coming will make thy value of little worth, The death-song of Corroy agitates me. If the warrior will allure, rough his temper. And his evil was greater than its renown was great, To seize...
B. Poems Referring To Arthur The Guledig. Part 04 : p. 259 B. POEMS REFERRING TO ARTHUR THE GULEDIG. VI. THE CHAIR OF THE SOVEREIGN. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XV. THE declaration of a clear song, Of unbounded Awen, About a warrior of two authors, Of the race of the steel Ala. With his staff and his wisdom, And his swift irruptions, And his sovereign prince...
D. Poem Referring To Gwyddno And Gwynn Ap : p. 293 D. POEM REFERRING TO GWYDDNO AND GWYNN AP NUDD. XVIII. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXXIII. I, BULL of conflict was he, active in dispersing an arrayed army, The ruler of hosts, indisposed to anger, Blameless and pure his conduct in protecting life. II. Against a hero stout was his advance...
T. Poem Containing Ancient Proverbs. Lxxxviii : p. 522 IV. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM THE BOOK OF ANEURIN. T. POEM CONTAINING ANCIENT PROVERBS. LXXXVIII. BOOK OF ANEURIN III. HERE BEGINNETH THE GWARCHAN OF ADEBON. THE apple will not fall far from the apple-tree. The diligent cannot prosper with the prodigal. The naked will not be bold among...
A. Poems Referring To Early Traditions. Iii : III. THE DEATH-SONG OF EROF. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XL. WERE changed the elements Like night into day, When came the gloriously-free, Erewlf chief of baptism. Erewlf said, That he valued not death. Shield of the Mordei Upon him it broke. Erewlf the arranger, 10 Determined, frantic. Four columns of equal...
M. Poems Relating To Cadwallawn. Lviii. Red : LVIII. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XV. I. CADWALLAWN, before he came, Fought, to our ample satisfaction, Fourteen great battles, For fairest Prydein, And sixty skirmishes. II. Cadwallawn encamped on Ceint; Birds presaged the troubles of Lloegyr; I His hand was open, and honour flowed. p. 434 III...
Introduction. Chapter I. The Poems Contained : p. 1 CHAPTER I. THE POEMS CONTAINED IN THE FOUR ANCIENT BOOKS OF WALES. THE dissolution of the religious houses in Wales in the reign of Henry the Eighth, and the dispersion of their libraries, led to many Welsh MSS., which had been preserved in them, passing into the hands of private individuals;...
S. Poems Relating To Yscolan. Lxxxvii. Black : p. 519 LXXXVII. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXVII. I. I. THE first word that I will utter In the morning when I get up, "May the Cross of Christ be as a vesture around me." II. What belongs to my Creator I will put on To-day, in one house will I attend. He is not a God in whom I will not believe...
Introduction. Chapter Ix. The Celtic Topography : p. 141 CHAPTER IX. THE CELTIC TOPOGRAPHY OF SCOTLAND, AND THE DIALECTIC DIFFERENCES INDICATED BY IT. THE etymology of the names of places in a country is either a very important element in fixing the ethnology of its inhabitants, or it is a snare and a delusion, just according as the subject is...
A. Poems Referring To Early Traditions. I : p. 251 TRANSLATION OF THE POEMS p. 253 I. HISTORICAL POEMS CONTAINING ALLUSIONS TO EVENTS PRIOR TO A.D. 560. A. POEMS REFERRING TO EARLY TRADITIONS. I. THE RECONCILIATION OF LLUD THE LESS. BOOK OF TALIESSIN LIV. IN the name of the God of Trinity, of knowing charity, A tribe numerous, ungentle...
C. Poems Referring To Gwydyon Ap D. Part 04 : C. POEMS REFERRING TO GWYDYON AP DON AND HIS GWYDDYL AND THE BRITHWYR. X. DARONWY. BOOK OF TALIESSIN X. GOD preserve the heavens From a flood wide spreading. The first surging billow Has rolled over the sea-beach. What tree is greater Than he, Daronwy? I know not for a refuge Around the proud...
U. Poems Relating To The Life And Opinions. Part 09 : XCII. SONG TO THE WIND. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XVII. GUESS who it is. Created before the deluge. A creature strong, Without flesh, without bone, Without veins, without blood, Without head, and without feet. It will not be older, it will not be younger, Than it was in the beginning. There will not come...
I. Poems Relating To Urien Reged. Xxxix : XXXIX. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXXII. URIEN of the cultivated plain, The most generous man of baptism, Abundance has been given To the men of earth. As it has been gathered, It has been scattered. Joyful the bards of baptism Whilst thy life continues. There is greater joy 10 For the high-famed...
H. Poems Relating To Gwallawg Ap Lleenawg : XXXVI. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XXXVIII. IN the name of the Ruler of the high powers of heaven, They sing of, they deplore the prince; He rejected uniform ranks of the rulers, Of the hosts of Run and Nudd and Nwython. I will not praise contrary to the custom of the Bards of the Brython. Wonderfully...
Q. Poems Attributed To Other Early Bards. Part 02 : XXIII. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN IV. ACCORDING to the sacred ode of Cyridwen, the Ogyrven of various seeds,-- The various seeds of poetic harmony, the exalted speech of the graduated minstrel, Cuhelyn the wise, of elegant Cymraec, an exalted possession, Will skilfully sing; the right of Aed...
Introduction. Chapter Vii. The Races Of Brit : p. 97 CHAPTER VII. THE RACES OF BRITAIN AND THE PLACE OF THE PICTS AMONG THEM. SUCH being the aspect in which the leading features of the history of the Celtic population of Britain is presented to us, on a careful analysis of the authorities, it remains to inquire what they tell us of the mutual...
F. Poems Relating To Cities Of The Cymry. Part 03 : XXVI. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN VIII. I. THE three depredatory horses of the Isle of Prydain:-- Carnawlawg, the horse of Owain the son of Urien; Bucheslwm Seri, the horse of Gwgawn Gleddyvrudd; And Tavawd hir Breich-hir, the horse of Cadwallawn the son of Cadvan. II. The three draught-horses...
E. Poems Referring To Early Traditions Which. Part 02 : XXII. THE PRAISE OF TALIESSIN. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XII. MESSENGERS to me are come, so numerously are they sent, We shall bring a mutual conflict, so great is my bosom. Like the effect of the oar in the brine is the liquor of Beli, p. 301 Like a light shield on the back of a shadow. Like wrath...
R. Anonymous Poems On Religious Subjects. Part 05 : p. 511 LXXXI. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XI. I. I WILL extol Thee, the Trinity in the mysterious One, Who is One and Three, a Unity of one energy, Of the same essence and attributes, one God to be praised. I will praise Thee, great Father, whose mighty works are great; To praise Thee is just;...
R. Anonymous Poems On Religious Subjects : LXXXV. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXIX. I. A BLESSING to the happy youth and to the fair kingdom! Large is the wave, capacious the breast. God is his name in the depth of every language. Thou with energy didst overshadow the pure Mary; Well hast Thou come in human form. Behold here the S...
C. Poems Referring To Gwydyon Ap D : XIII. THE BATTLE OF GODEU. BOOK OF TALIESSIN VIII. I HAVE been in a multitude of shapes, Before I assumed a consistent form. I have been a sword, narrow, variegated, I will believe when it is apparent. p. 277 I have been a tear in the air, I have been the dullest of stars. I have been a word among...
C. Poems Referring To Gwydyon Ap D. Part 08 : XIV. BOOK OF TALIESSIN I. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XXIII. PRIMITIVE and ingenious address, when thoroughly elucidated. Which was first, is it darkness, is it light? Or Adam, when he existed, on what day was he created? Or under the earth's surface, what the foundation? He who is a legionary will receive...
U. Poems Relating To The Life And Opinions. Part 05 : XCVI. JUVENILE ORNAMENTS OF TALIESSIN. BOOK OF TALIESSIN IX. I WILL address my Lord, To consider the Awen. What brought necessity Before the time of Ceridwen. Primarily through my life Poverty has been. The wealthy monks Why will they not speak to me? Why will they not cause me to tremble? 10 One...
G. Poems Referring To War Between Sons. Part 02 : XXXII. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXXIV. THOUGH I love the strand, I hate the sea. How the wave covered the stone of Camwr! p. 326 The brave, the magnanimous, the amiable, the generous, and the energetic, Are as stepping-stones to the bards of the world, and an advantageous shelter. The fame...
P. Poems Which Mention Henry, Or The S. Part 07 : p. 462 P. POEMS WHICH MENTION HENRY, OR THE SON OF HENRY LXIV. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN MYRDIN AND HIS SISTER GWENDYDD. RED BOOK OF HERGEST I. I. I have come to thee to tell Of the jurisdiction I have in the North; The beauty of every region has been described to me. II. Since the action of Ardderyd...
P. Poems Which Mention Henry, Or The S. Part 03 : LXVIII. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XX. THE fleet of Mona, the seat of misfortune, Prevents bloodshed, with the noise of oars around her. A greater influx will be into the Conwy on account of distress, The men of the eagle of Eryri having fallen. Without ardour they were in the time of heat before becoming...
X. Poems Attributed To Llywarch Hen. Cviii : CVIII. RED BOOK OF HERGEST VI. I. USUAL is wind from the south; usual is noise; In the village usual for the weakling to be slender; Usual for a man to inquire after news. Usual for a foster-child to have dainties. II. Usual is wind from the east; usual for a man with swelling breast to be Proud;...
L. The Gododin Poems. Lii. Book Of Aneurin Ii : p. 410 LII. BOOK OF ANEURIN II. HERE BEGINNETH THE GORCHAN OF TUDVWLCH. THEY assemble in arms, the ranks are formed, tumult approaches; In front are the warlike, in front the noble, in front the good; While the trenches are full of motion, around are heard the curved horns, and are seen the curved...
L. The Gododin Poems. Lv. Song To Ale. Book : LV. SONG TO ALE. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XX. I. THE qualities shall be extolled Of the man that. chained the. wind. When his powers come, Extremely noisy the elements; For ever will thy impulse be, Thou dost pervade The tide of darkness and day. The day, there will be a shelter to me, The night, it will...
L. The Gododin Poems. Li. Book Of Aneurin I : p. 374 L. THE GODODIN POEMS. LI. BOOK OF ANEURIN I. THIS THE GODODIN. ANEURIN COMPOSED IT. I. OF manly disposition was the youth, Valour had he in the tumult; Fleet thick-maned chargers Were under the thigh of the illustrious youth; A shield, light and broad, Was on the slender swift flank...
R. Anonymous Poems On Religious Subjects. Part 09 : LXXVII. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN VI. SOUL, since I was made in necessity blameless True it is, woe is me that thou shouldst have come to my design, Neither for my own sake, nor for death, nor for end, nor for beginning. It was with seven faculties that I was thus blessed, With seven created beings...
Introduction. Chapter Xi. Recent Criticism : p. 184 CHAPTER XI. RECENT CRITICISM OF MYTHOLOGICAL POEMS EXAMINED. Such then being, so far as we can gather it from the scanty materials afforded to us, the real position of the Cymric population, and the leading features of their history prior to the twelfth century, as well as of their...
F. Poems Relating To Cities Of The Cymry. Part 05 : p. 303 F. POEMS RELATING TO CITIES OF THE CYMRY AND THEIR LEGENDARY HEROES. XXIV. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XV. I. DINAS MAON, may God the blessed Sovereign defend it! What the sun will dry, Edar will moisten. II. Dinas Maon, the dislike of Sovereigns, where kings were hewed down in the obstinate...
E. Poems Referring To Early Traditions Which. Part 04 : XX. THE DEATH-SONG OF UTHYR PENDRAGON. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XLVIII. AM I not with hosts making a din? I would not cease, between two hosts, without gore. Am I not he that is called Gorlassar? My belt was a rainbow to my foe. Am I not a prince, in darkness, p. 298 (To him) that takes my appearance with...
Q. Poems Attributed To Other Early Bards. Part 04 : p. 497 III. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM THE BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN. Q. POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO OTHER EARLY BARDS. LXXI. MEIGANT. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN II. A DREAM I happen to see last night; clever is he that can interpret it. It shall not be related to the wanton; he that will not conceal it...
R. Anonymous Poems On Religious Subjects. Part 03 : p. 513 LXXXIII. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XIII. HERE is a graciously disposed King, who is wonderful in the highest degree, Who is chief above the children of Adam, Who is a happy and most mighty defence, Who is generous, glorious, and most pure, Whose claim is most strong and binding. What is...
X. Poems Attributed To Llywarch Hen. Cvii : p. 569 VI. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM THE RED BOOK OF HERGEST. X. POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO LLYWARCH HEN. CVII. RED BOOK OF HERGEST V. I. LET the cock's comb be red; naturally loud Be his voice, from his triumphant bed: Man's rejoicing, God will recommend. II. Let the swineherds be merry at the sighing...
C. Poems Referring To Gwydyon Ap D. Part 06 : XVI. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN XXXV. HORSEMAN resorts to the city, With his white dogs, and large horns; I, who have not before seen thee, know thee not. p. 289 II. A horseman resorts to the river's mouth, On a stout and warlike steed; Come with me, let me not be refused. III. I will not go th...
X. Poems Attributed To Llywarch Hen. Cxiii : CXIII. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XIII. I. MAENWYN, when I was of thy age, My garment should not be trodden under foot, My land should not be ploughed without blood. II. Maenwyn, when I was opposed to thee, With youth attendant on me, The foe would not break my boundary. III. Maenwyn, while I w...
U. Poems Relating To The Life And Opinions. Part 11 : XC. HOSTILE CONFEDERACY. BOOK OF TALIESSIN VII. A BARD there is here, who has not sung, what he shall have to sing; Lot him sing; when he shall have finished, An astrologer then he may be. The generous ones refuse me. There will not be one that will give. Through the language of Taliessin, It w...
C. Poems Referring To Gwydyon Ap D. Part 02 : XII. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XIV. I WILL adore the love-diffusing Lord of every kindred, The sovereign of hosts manifestly round the universe. A battle at the feast over joyless beverage, A battle against the sons of Llyr in Ebyr Henvelen. p. 275 I saw the oppression of the tumult, and wrath...
R. Anonymous Poems On Religious Subjects. Part 07 : p. 508 LXXIX. BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN IX. Text, vol. ii. p. 10. Notes, vol. ii. p. 330. LET God be praised in the beginning and the end. Who supplicates Him, He will neither despise nor refuse. The only son of Mary, the great exemplar of kings, Mary, the mother of Christ, the praise of women...
Z. Poems On Various Subjects. Cxvii : CXVII. THE VIATICUM OF LLEVOED WYNEBGLAWR. RED BOOK OF HERGEST XXIV. I. THE wealth of the world, let it go, it will come, As long as it is esteemed. Necessity equalises affliction, There will be fair weather after rain. It is often the case that persons fostered by the same are unlike. The brave...