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... living men and women , and re - peopled the land . Hence , says our poet , the hard , unbending nature of hu- man hearts . going Latin poem is 1741. They must , consequently , have been some of our poet's early produc- tions . They bear ...
... living men and women , and re - peopled the land . Hence , says our poet , the hard , unbending nature of hu- man hearts . going Latin poem is 1741. They must , consequently , have been some of our poet's early produc- tions . They bear ...
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... living poet . It has something in its sound , too , of the nature of cyng- hanedd . 3 So Ovid in his poetical auto- biography says , in allusion to Homer : - Sæpe pater dixit , " Studium quid inutile tentas ? Mæonides nullas ipse ...
... living poet . It has something in its sound , too , of the nature of cyng- hanedd . 3 So Ovid in his poetical auto- biography says , in allusion to Homer : - Sæpe pater dixit , " Studium quid inutile tentas ? Mæonides nullas ipse ...
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... living language can boast of the like . It is the mark of good poetry , like purify'd gold , to stand the fire for ages , and lose nothing in its weight ; which is the case of the Greek and Roman Classics . To compare this poem of our ...
... living language can boast of the like . It is the mark of good poetry , like purify'd gold , to stand the fire for ages , and lose nothing in its weight ; which is the case of the Greek and Roman Classics . To compare this poem of our ...
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... Living Age , vol . xxviii , pp . 333 -335 . " There David stands , with harp in hand , As master of the quire ; Ten thousand times that man were blest That might this music hear . " 9 Dusmel , dulcimer . 1 Compare Lewis Glyn Cothi ...
... Living Age , vol . xxviii , pp . 333 -335 . " There David stands , with harp in hand , As master of the quire ; Ten thousand times that man were blest That might this music hear . " 9 Dusmel , dulcimer . 1 Compare Lewis Glyn Cothi ...
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... living she adored ! So , likewise , Edmund Prys , in the and father of the third . He died Fal meillion i hinon haf O rew - wynt hir. sixteenth century , says : — " Da ryw ysbryd a yrawdd , Duw o nef ; da yw ei nawdd . ” 6 Elldydd ...
... living she adored ! So , likewise , Edmund Prys , in the and father of the third . He died Fal meillion i hinon haf O rew - wynt hir. sixteenth century , says : — " Da ryw ysbryd a yrawdd , Duw o nef ; da yw ei nawdd . ” 6 Elldydd ...
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ancient Anglesey Annwn Awdl Awen bard Bardd beautiful beirdd Brython bydd Calan cân Celtic chaid chwi Cymric cynghanedd Cywydd Dafydd ap Gwilym Dduw ddyn dydd enaid English Englyn fawr fydd gair Goronwy GORONWY OWEN Goronwy's Gwae gwell gŵr Gwynedd gynt hael hardd holl hyd y iach iaith iawn Iesu Ieuan Brydydd language Latin Lewis Glyn Cothi Lewis Morris llaw llawn mawr mewn môr Nid oes oedd Owen Pughe poem poet poet's poetical poetry Rhag rhaid rhyw says song sydd term thou tion translates trwy uwch waith Wales Welsh Welsh language William Morris wlad word wrth wŷr ydoedd ydyw yn ol
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Page 82 - Awake, awake ; put on thy strength, O Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust ; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem : loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
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Page 213 - I love the language, that soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth, And sounds as if it should be writ on satin, With syllables which breathe of the sweet South, And gentle liquids gliding all so pat in, That not a single accent seems uncouth, Like our harsh northern whistling grunting guttural, Which we're obliged to hiss, and spit, and sputter all.
Page 249 - As thou these ashes, little Brook ! wilt bear Into the Avon, Avon to the tide Of Severn, Severn to the narrow seas, Into main Ocean they, this deed accurst An emblem yields to friends and enemies How the bold Teacher's Doctrine, sanctified By truth, shall spread, throughout the world dispersed.
Page 240 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Page 240 - The gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent.
Page 242 - Our calmer judgment will rather tend to moderate than to suppress the pride of an ancient and worthy race. The satirist may laugh, the philosopher may preach ; but Reason herself will respect the prejudices and habits which have been consecrated by the experience of mankind.
Page 239 - ... ver erat aeternum, placidique tepentibus auris mulcebant zephyri natos sine semine flores. mox etiam fruges tellus inarata ferebat, nee renovatus ager gravidis canebat aristis : flumina iam lactis, iam flumina nectaris ibant, flavaque de viridi stillabant ilice mella.