The land is his to Powys' distant bounds,
He met the Saxons by Llanwynwy lake,
Across the wave is he victorious,
Nephew of Madoc, whom we more and more
Lament that he is gone."
Gwalchmai addressed an ode to Davydd ab Owain Gwynedd, lamenting his being deprived of that prince's brothers:
"Silent I cannot be without mentioning who they were,
Who so well of me merited praise:
Owain the fierce, above the muse's song,
The manly hero of the conflict;