And one of temper mild, in trouble great,
Far o'er the bosom of the mighty sea
Sought a possession he could safely keep,
From all estrangéd for a country's sake."
In a poem addressed to Prince Llywelyn ab Iorweth by the same bard, there appear the following lines:
"Needless it is to ask all anxiously,
Who from invaders will our waters guard?
Llywelyn, he will guard the boundary wave;
The lion i' the breach, ruler of Gwynedd.