The concealed books
From Emmanuel’s hand
Were brought by Raphael
As Adam’s gift,
When in his old age,
To his chin immersed
In Jordan’s water,
Keeping a fast,
Moses did obtain
In Jordan’s water,
The aid of the three
Most special rods.
Solomon did obtain
In Babel’s tower,
All the sciences
In Asia land.
So did I obtain,
In my bardic books,
All the sciences
Of Europe and Africa.
Their course, their bearing,
Their permitted way,
And their fate I know,
Unto the end.
Oh! what misery,
Through extreme of woe,
Prophecy will show
On Troia’s race!
A coiling serpent
Proud and merciless,
On her golden wings,
From Germany.
She will overrun
England and Scotland,
From Lychlyn sea-shore
To the Severn.
Then will the Brython
Be as prisoners,
By strangers swayed,
From Saxony.