O holy and immortal throng!
The brightness of his name prolong,
As a torch to stream through ages!
HOWEL’S SONG.
[Howel ab Einion Llygliw was a distinguished bard of the fourteenth century. A beautiful poem, addressed by him to Myfanwy Vychan, a celebrated beauty of those times, is still preserved amongst the remains of the Welsh bards. The ruins of Myfanwy’s residence, Castle Dinas Brân, may yet be traced on a high hill near Llangollen.]
Press on, my steed! I hear the swell[182]
Of Valle Crucis’ vesper-bell,
Sweet floating from the holy dell
O’er woods and waters round.
Perchance the maid I love, e’en now,