Madoc, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
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... light is on the naked crags Of Penmanmawr , and Arvon's ancient hills ; And the last glory lingers yet awhile , Crowning old Snowdon's venerable head , That rose amid his mountains . Now the ship Drew nigh where Mona , the dark island ...
... light is on the naked crags Of Penmanmawr , and Arvon's ancient hills ; And the last glory lingers yet awhile , Crowning old Snowdon's venerable head , That rose amid his mountains . Now the ship Drew nigh where Mona , the dark island ...
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... lights Which there upon Aberfraw's royal walls Are waving with the wind , the painful doubt Fluctuates within him . .. Onward drives the gale ,. On flies the bark , .. and she hath reach'd at length Her haven , safe from her unequall'd ...
... lights Which there upon Aberfraw's royal walls Are waving with the wind , the painful doubt Fluctuates within him . .. Onward drives the gale ,. On flies the bark , .. and she hath reach'd at length Her haven , safe from her unequall'd ...
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... And in the fire - light shone his silver locks . Father , said he who guided me , I bring A guest to our poor hospitality ; And then he brought me water from the brook , And homely fare , and I was satisfied : That III . 22.
... And in the fire - light shone his silver locks . Father , said he who guided me , I bring A guest to our poor hospitality ; And then he brought me water from the brook , And homely fare , and I was satisfied : That III . 22.
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... light ! Must more be told ? What farther agonies he yet endur'd ? Or hast thou known the consummated crime , And heard Cynetha's fate ? A painful glow Inflam'd my cheek , and for my father's crime , I felt the shame of guilt . The dark ...
... light ! Must more be told ? What farther agonies he yet endur'd ? Or hast thou known the consummated crime , And heard Cynetha's fate ? A painful glow Inflam'd my cheek , and for my father's crime , I felt the shame of guilt . The dark ...
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... Light bending on thy banks , thy elmy vales , Thy venerable oaks ! .. but there , what forms Of beauty cloth'd the inlands and the shore ! All these in stateliest growth , and , mixt with these Dark spreading cedar , and the cypress ...
... Light bending on thy banks , thy elmy vales , Thy venerable oaks ! .. but there , what forms Of beauty cloth'd the inlands and the shore ! All these in stateliest growth , and , mixt with these Dark spreading cedar , and the cypress ...
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Aberfraw answer'd arms Aztlan Bard bark battle beautiful behold Beloved Bernal Diaz blessing blood brethren Briton brother Cadwallon Cambrian Caradoc cheek chief Coanocotzin coracle Corwen cried Cyveilioc David dear death Deheubarth Dinevawr Dolwyddelan dwelling earth Erillyab evil exclaim'd fair father's fear feel feet gaz'd gentle GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS Goervyl hall hand happy harp hast hath heard heart heaven Hoel honour hope Horn hour Isle King land light Lincoya Llewelyn look'd Lord Of Ocean Lord Rhys lov'd maid Mathraval mountain Neolin never night North Wales o'er Owen Owen's Pabas palace peace poem Priest Prince Madoc quoth Madoc rais'd reach'd replied Rhodri Mawr Rhys Ririd Rodri round sail sate Saxon says seem'd shame shore song soul spake Spirit stone stood sword thee things thou thought told turn'd Urien voice Wales waters waves Welsh wind wrath youth Yuhidthiton
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Page 239 - He accordingly first threw his pipe into the stream ; then the roll that contained his tobacco ; after these, the bracelets he wore on his arms and wrists; next an ornament that encircled his neck, composed of beads and wires ; and, at last, the ear-rings from his ears. In short, he presented to his God every part of his dress that was valuable.
Page 285 - God, and tried to serve him, and loved all men, be they who they would, so as he never did before.
Page 122 - Wing their far flight aloft, and round and round The plovers wheel, and give their note of joy. It was a day that sent into the heart A summer feeling ; even the insect...
Page 238 - About twenty feet from the entrance begins a lake, the water of which is transparent, and extends to an unsearchable distance ; for the darkness of the cave prevents all attempts to acquire a knowledge of it. I threw a small pebble towards the interior parts of it with my utmost strength.
Page 281 - The Great Man, he says, was clothed with the Day, yea with the brightest Day, he ever saw; a Day of many years, yea of everlasting continuance! This whole world, he says, was drawn upon him, so that in him the Earth and all things in it might 'be seen. I asked him if rocks, mountains, and seas were drawn upon or appeared in him ? he replied, that...
Page 59 - There Aztlan stood upon the farther shore ; Amid the shade of trees its dwellings rose, Their level roofs with turrets set around, And battlements all burnished white, which shone Like silver in the sun-shine. I beheld The imperial city, her far-circling walls, Her garden groves and stately palaces, Her temples mountain size, her thousand roofs ; And when I saw her might and majesty My mind misgave me then.
Page 46 - Sorrowing we beheld The night come on ; but soon did night display More wonders than it veil'd : innumerous tribes From the wood-cover swarm'd, and darkness made Their beauties visible ; one while they stream'd A bright blue radiance upon flowers which closed Their gorgeous colours from the eye of day ; Now motionless and dark eluded search, Self-shrouded ; and anon starring the sky Rose like a shower of fire.
Page 242 - Q. Where do the souls of white men go after death ? A. We cannot tell. We have not seen. Q. Our belief is, that the souls of bad men only walk up and down ; but the souls of good men go up.
Page 283 - These depths of Satan I leave to others to fathom or to dive into as they please, and do not pretend, for my own part, to know what ideas to affix to such terms, and cannot well guess what conceptions of things these creatures have at these times when they call themselves all light.
Page 51 - Nor light the joy I felt at hearing first The pleasant accents of my native tongue, Albeit in broken words and tones uncouth, Come from these foreign lips. " At length we came Where the great river, amid shoals and banks And islands', growth of its own gathering spoils, Through many a branching channel, wide and full. Rushed to the main.