Welsh Poems: Sixth Century to 1600This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973. |
Contents
Selections from The Gododdin | 17 |
Deathbed Poem | 29 |
Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd 11 Exultation | 36 |
Gruffudd ab yr Ynad Coch | 46 |
Llywelyn Goch 24 The Death of Lleucu Llwyd | 56 |
Siôn Cent 27 The Illusion of the World | 65 |
Dafydd ab Edmwnd 28 To a Girl | 68 |
Bedo Aeddren 32 From Lent to Summer | 76 |
To a Sweetmouthed Girl | 83 |
Glyn Cynon Wood | 89 |
William Cynwal 42 The Defence of Woman | 96 |
Thomas Prys 43 Trouble at Sea | 105 |
Edmwnd Prys 46 A Welsh Ballad | 112 |
Abbreviations | 125 |
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Common terms and phrases
Aberffraw Aneirin ANON battle Bedo Aeddren blood brave breast bright buried to-day Cardiff Catraeth Cresyd Cuawg cuckoo Cynddelw cynghanedd Cynon cywydd Dafydd ab Edmwnd Dafydd ap Gwilym death Eagle of Pengwern English fair fast horses father Gereint Gereint's thigh girl girl's Glyn Cynon's Gododdin gold golden grave green Gruffudd Gwalchmai hair hand the lot head heaven honour horses under Gereint's host HYWEL AB OWAIN Ifor Williams innocent Iolo Goch Jones killed king lament land lively Lleucu Llongborth I saw Llywarch Llywarch Hen Llywelyn long-shanked lord magic and colour mead Meilyr night nightingale Owain Glyndŵr OWAIN GWYNEDD pain Pengwern plough poem poet praise proud Rheged shining sing Sir Ifor Williams sixteenth century slim white corpse song spears splendid stallions stanza strict metres summer sweet sword there's thief Thomas Prys tonight translated trees Urien Urien Rheged verse Wales warriors Welsh poetry wine wood