[172] The horn was used for two purposes—to sound the alarm in war, and to drink the mead at feasts.

[173] Dyfed, (said to signify a land abounding with streams of water,) the modern Pembrokeshire.

THE CAMBRIAN IN AMERICA.

When the last flush of eve is dying

On boundless lakes afar that shine;

When winds amidst the palms are sighing,

And fragrance breathes from every pine:[174]

When stars through cypress-boughs are gleaming,

And fire-flies wander bright and free,

Still of thy harps, thy mountains dreaming,