Category: Poetry
--"Si quid mea carmina possunt Aonio statuam sublimes vertice Bardos, Bardos Pieridum cultores atque canentis Phoebi delicias, quibus est data cura perennis Dicere nobilium clarissima facta virorum, Aureaque excelsam famam super astra locare."
I expected a line from you upon your being settled, and that you had time to look about you; and when you have leisure, I shall be glad to hear of your doing well. I make no dou...
3. Part 3There is none equal to my prince with his numerous troops in the conflict of war. He is a generous Cymro descended from Beli Hir, {37c} if you enquire about his lineage. He gene...
12. Part 12I received the favour of your obliging letter and the valuable present of the two British Odes translated into English. They have afforded me great pleasure, and they display a...
9. Part 9On Snowdon's haughty brow I stood, And view'd afar old Menai's flood; Carnarvon Castle, eagle crowned And all the beauteous prospect round; But soon each gay idea fled, For Snow...
17. Part 17The Vale of Taff, a Poem, by John Thomas, price 1s.; yr Arweinydd Cerddorol, gan R. Mills, pris 4s. 6d.; The Cambrian Melodist, price 6d.; the Educational State of Wales, by the...
1. Part 1--"Si quid mea carmina possunt Aonio statuam sublimes vertice Bardos, Bardos Pieridum cultores atque canentis Phoebi delicias, quibus est data cura perennis Dicere nobilium clar...
15. Part 15The other great influence which counteracted the feudal spirit from an earlier period, and mitigated its severities, was religion, or the Church. This was natural and inevitable...
14. Part 14But even the nomadic tribes of central Europe found the miseries and inconveniences of a wandering and predatory life. The Saxons, Goths, and Scythians experienced the comforts...
2. Part 2I invoke the assistance of the God of Heaven, Christ our Saviour, whom to neglect is impious. That gift is true which descendeth from above. The gifts that are given me are immo...
8. Part 8Neud cyn nechrau Mai mau anrhydedd, Neud aeth ysgwaeth a maeth a medd, Neud cynhebyg, ddig, ddygn adrossedd drist, Er pan ddelid Crist, weddw athrist wedd! Neud cur a lafur im w...
11. Part 11I lately borrowed a quarto, fairly written by a man of learning and great knowledge in antiquities, but ignorant of the Welsh prosody, for which reason it is not very correct. T...
13. Part 13And they are represented as exciting war and tumult on the borders of this fair isle, and its beautiful towns and cities; and it appears evidently from this poem, that the first...
16. Part 16The Barons, therefore, manifested the utmost dislike and hostility to the progress of manufactures and towns. Seldom could a fitting site for a village or manufactory be found e...
6. Part 6Pan welais fod un o _Ysgodogion Ucheldir Alban_, ac hefyd _Sais_ dysgedig, wedi cyfieithu gwaith eu hen Feirdd i'r _Saesoneg_, mi a dybygais mai nid gweddus i ni, y _Cymry_, y r...
5. Part 5"Dedit mihi potum ex cornu deaurato princeps, Cujus impetus erat instar apri ferocis in bello, cujus Manus erat liberalis In aula _Aberffraw_, quod mihi decus et felicitas fuit....
7. Part 7Gwr a wnaeth llewych o'r gorllewin, Haul a lloer addoer, addef iessin, Am gwnel, radd uchel, rwyf cyfychwin, Cyflawn awen, awydd _Fyrddin_, I ganu moliant mal _Aneurin_ gynt, Dy...
4. Part 4Fair Elphin, cease to weep, let no man be discontented with his fortune; to despair avails nothing. It is not that which man sees that supports him. Cynllo's prayer will not be...
18. Part 18{47c} Cywryd. This Bard is not mentioned either by Mr. Davies or Mr. Edward Llwyd, in their catalogues of British writers. It seems he flourished in the sixth century, as did al...