Chapter I: Front Matter

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Transcribed from the 1915 Jarrold & Sons edition by David Price, email [email protected]

[Picture: Reproduced from Borrow's original manuscript of "Glendower's
Mansion."]

WELSH POEMS
AND BALLADS

BY
GEORGE BORROW

[Picture: Decorative graphic, Sans Peur et san Reproche]

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
ERNEST RHYS

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LONDON
JARROLD & SONS
MCMXV

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TO
THOMAS J. WISE,
Bibliophile, Bibliographer and
Good Borrovian
(at whose instance
this Norfolk Budget
of Welsh Verse
was brought
together).

CONTENTS

Page
Introduction 9
Glendower's Mansion. By Iolo Goch. Borrow MSS. 27
Ode to the Comet. By Iolo Goch. Borrow MSS. 33
Ode to Glendower. By Iolo Goch. Borrow MSS 39
"Here's the Life I've sighed for long." By Iolo Goch. 45
"Wild Wales"
The Prophecy of Taliesin. "Targum" 49
The History of Taliesin. "Targum" 53
The Mist. By Dafydd ab Gwilym. "Wild Wales" 59
The Cuckoo's Song in Meiron. By Lewis Morris o Fon. 63
Borrow MSS.
The Snow on Eira. "Wild Wales" 69
The Invitation. By Goronwy Owen. "Targum" 73
The Pedigree of the Muse. Goronwy Owen. Borrow MSS. 79
The Harp. Goronwy Owen. Borrow MSS 87
Epigram on a Miser. "Targum" 91
Griffith ap Nicholas. By Gwilym ab Ieuan Hen. "Wild 95
Wales"
Riches and Poverty. By Twm o'r Nant. "Wild Wales" 99
The Perishing World. By Elis Wynn. "The Sleeping Bard" 109
Death the Great. By Elis Wynn. "The Sleeping Bard" 115
The Heavy Heart. By Elis Wynn. "The Sleeping Bard" 121
Ryce of Twyn. By Dafydd Nanmor 129
Llywelyn. By Dafydd Benfras. "Quarterly Review" 133
Plynlimmon. By Lewis Glyn Cothi. 137
QUATRAINS AND STRAY STANZAS FROM "WILD WALES."
I. Chester Ale. By Sion Tudor 141
II. Englyn: Dinas Bran. By Roger Cyffyn. "Gone, 141
gone are thy Gates"
III. Madoc's Epitaph 142
IV. Epitaph on Elizabeth Williams 142
V. The Last Journey. By Huw Morus 142
VI. The Four and Twenty Measures. By Edward Price 143
VII. Mona: By Robert Lleiaf 143
VIII. Mona: Englyn. From "Y Greal" 143
IX. Eryri 143
X. Eryri. From Goronwy Owen 144
XI. Ellen. From Goronwy Owen 144
XII. Mon. By Robin Ddu 144
XIII. Mon. From Huw Goch 144
XIV. Lewis Morris of Mon. By Goronwy Owen 145
XV. The Grave of Beli 145
XVI. The Garden. By Gwilym Du 145
XVII. The Satirist. From Gruffydd Hiraethog 146
XVIII. On Gruffydd Hiraethog. By Wm. Lleyn 146
XIX. Llangollen Ale. (George Borrow) 146
XX. Tom Evans. By Twm Tai 147
XXI. The Waterfall 147
XXII. Dafydd Gam. Attributed to Owain Glendower 147
XXIII. Llawdden. By Lewis Meredith 148
XXIV. Twm o'r Nant 148
XXV. Severn and Wye 148
XXVI. Glamorgan. By D. ab Gwilym 148
XXVII. Dafydd ab Gwilym. From Iolo Goch 149
XXVIII. The Yew Tree. After Gruffydd Gryg 149
XXIX. Hu Gadarn. By Iolo Goch 150
XXX. Earth in Earth. Epitaph 150
XXXI. God's Better than All 151
XXXII. The Sun in Glamorgan. By Dafydd ab Gwilym 153
ADDITIONAL POEMS FROM THE "QUARTERLY REVIEW."
I. The Age of Owen Glendower 157
II. The Spider 158
III. The Seven Drunkards 159
Sir Rhys ap Thomas. Borrow MSS. 163
Hiraeth. Borrow MSS. 167
Pwll Cheres: The Vortex of Menai. Borrow MSS. 171
The Mountain Snow 175
Carolan's Lament. "Targum" 179
Epigrams by Carolan. "Targum" 183
The Delights of Finn Mac Coul. "Targum" 187
Icolmcill. "Targum" 191
The Dying Bard. "Targum" 195
The Song of Deirdra. Borrow MSS. 201
The Wild Wine. "Wild Wales" 205