Welsh Poems and Ballads - Unknown

Transcribed from the 1915 Jarrold & Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

WELSH POEMS
AND BALLADS

BY
GEORGE BORROW

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
ERNEST RHYS

LONDON
JARROLD & SONS
MCMXV

TO
THOMAS J. WISE,
Bibliophile, Bibliographer and
Good Borrovian
(at whose instance
this Norfolk Budget
of Welsh Verse
was brought
together).

		Page
Introduction		[9]
Glendower’s Mansion. By IoloGoch. Borrow MSS.		[27]
Ode to the Comet. By Iolo Goch. Borrow MSS.		[33]
Ode to Glendower. By Iolo Goch. Borrow MSS		[39]
“Here’s the Life I’ve sighedfor long.” By Iolo Goch. “WildWales”		[45]
The Prophecy of Taliesin. “Targum”		[49]
The History of Taliesin. “Targum”		[53]
The Mist. By Dafydd ab Gwilym. “Wild Wales”		[59]
The Cuckoo’s Song in Meiron. ByLewis Morris o Fon. Borrow MSS.		[63]
The Snow on Eira. “WildWales”		[69]
The Invitation. By Goronwy Owen. “Targum”		[73]
The Pedigree of the Muse. GoronwyOwen. Borrow MSS.		[79]
The Harp. Goronwy Owen. BorrowMSS		[87]
Epigram on a Miser. “Targum”		[91]
Griffith ap Nicholas. By Gwilym ab IeuanHen. “Wild Wales”		[95]
Riches and Poverty. By Twm o’rNant. “Wild Wales”		[99]
The Perishing World. By Elis Wynn. “The Sleeping Bard”		[109]
Death the Great. By Elis Wynn. “The Sleeping Bard”		[115]
The Heavy Heart. By Elis Wynn. “The Sleeping Bard”		[121]
Ryce of Twyn. By Dafydd Nanmor		[129]
Llywelyn. By Dafydd Benfras. “Quarterly Review”		[133]
Plynlimmon. By Lewis Glyn Cothi.		[137]
QUATRAINS AND STRAYSTANZAS FROM “WILD WALES.”
I.	Chester Ale. By Sion Tudor	[141]
II.	Englyn: Dinas Bran. By Roger Cyffyn. “Gone, gone are thy Gates”	[141]
III.	Madoc’s Epitaph	[142]
IV.	Epitaph on Elizabeth Williams	[142]
V.	The Last Journey. By Huw Morus	[142]
VI.	The Four and Twenty Measures. By Edward Price	[143]
VII.	Mona: By Robert Lleiaf	[143]
VIII.	Mona: Englyn. From “Y Greal”	[143]
IX.	Eryri	[143]
X.	Eryri. From Goronwy Owen	[144]
XI.	Ellen. From Goronwy Owen	[144]
XII.	Mon. By Robin Ddu	[144]
XIII.	Mon. From Huw Goch	[144]
XIV.	Lewis Morris of Mon. By Goronwy Owen	[145]
XV.	The Grave of Beli	[145]
XVI.	The Garden. By Gwilym Du	[145]
XVII.	The Satirist. From Gruffydd Hiraethog	[146]
XVIII.	On Gruffydd Hiraethog. By Wm. Lleyn	[146]
XIX.	Llangollen Ale. (George Borrow)	[146]
XX.	Tom Evans. By Twm Tai	[147]
XXI.	The Waterfall	[147]
XXII.	Dafydd Gam. Attributed to Owain Glendower	[147]
XXIII.	Llawdden. By Lewis Meredith	[148]
XXIV.	Twm o’r Nant	[148]
XXV.	Severn and Wye	[148]
XXVI.	Glamorgan. By D. ab Gwilym	[148]
XXVII.	Dafydd ab Gwilym. From Iolo Goch	[149]
XXVIII.	The Yew Tree. After Gruffydd Gryg	[149]
XXIX.	Hu Gadarn. By Iolo Goch	[150]
XXX.	Earth in Earth. Epitaph	[150]
XXXI.	God’s Better than All	[151]
XXXII.	The Sun in Glamorgan. By Dafydd ab Gwilym	[153]
ADDITIONAL POEMSFROM THE “QUARTERLY REVIEW.”
I.	The Age of Owen Glendower	[157]
II.	The Spider	[158]
III.	The Seven Drunkards	[159]
Sir Rhys ap Thomas. Borrow MSS.		[163]
Hiraeth. Borrow MSS.		[167]
Pwll Cheres: The Vortex of Menai. BorrowMSS.		[171]
The Mountain Snow		[175]
Carolan’s Lament. “Targum”		[179]
Epigrams by Carolan. “Targum”		[183]
The Delights of Finn Mac Coul. “Targum”		[187]
Icolmcill. “Targum”		[191]
The Dying Bard. “Targum”		[195]
The Song of Deirdra. Borrow MSS.		[201]
The Wild Wine. “WildWales”		[205]

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