Poems (Roberts, 1869). Translated from the Welsh.
l. 1. Glyndwr. Owain ap Gruffydd, commonly called Owen Glendower (1359?-1416?), joined the Percies and Mortimers in their rebellion against Henry IV.
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From the Ode written at the request of the Llywelyn Memorial Committee (Bangor: Jarvis & Foster, 1895). By permission of the author. Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (died 1282) was the last champion of Welsh liberty.
l. 29. Lloegrian. Lloegria was one of the ancient names of Britain.
40. Cwmhir. Cwmhir Abbey in Radnorshire.
67. Iorwerth’s happier son. Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (died 1240), commonly called Llywelyn the Great.
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This translation of the famous Welsh poem, Morfa Rhuddlan (i.e., ‘Red Marsh’) is in the metre of the original. Published (September, 1894) in Wales, a monthly magazine. By permission of the editor of Wales and the author’s representatives. Three stanzas (2, 5, and 6) are omitted. Morfa Rhuddlan, on the banks of the Clwyd in Flintshire, was the scene of many battles between Britons and Saxons. In the battle described in the poem (A.D. 795), the Britons under Caradoc were defeated and their leader slain. Those who escaped the sword were driven into the river. The original poem is said to have been composed by Caradoc’s bard immediately after the battle.
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Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century, First Series (Bangor: Jarvis & Foster, 1896). By permission of author and publishers.
As to the first,—Idris (=Cader Idris), Berwin, and Plynlimmon (l. 8, &c.) are mountains in Wales.