FOOTNOTES:
[30] Aneurin was the bard who—in the poem named the Gododin—celebrated the struggle between the Cymri and the Teutons in the middle of the sixth century, which ended in the great battle of Catterick, or Cattreath, in Yorkshire. Aneurin was himself chieftain as well as bard.—Ed.
[31] 1837.
The spirit of Caractacus defends
The Patriots, animates their glorious task;— 1822.
[32] Urien was chief of the Cymri, and led them in the great conflict of the sixth century against the Angles.—Ed.
[33] Such as Aneurin, Taliesin, Llywarch Hen, and Merlin.—Ed.
XI
SAXON CONQUEST
Nor wants the cause the panic-striking aid
Of hallelujahs[34] tost from hill to hill—
For instant victory. But Heaven's high will
Permits a second and a darker shade
Of Pagan night. Afflicted and dismayed, 5
The Relics of the sword flee to the mountains:
O wretched Land! whose tears have flowed like fountains;
Whose arts and honours in the dust are laid
By men yet scarcely conscious of a care
For other monuments than those of Earth;[35] 10
Who, as the fields[36] and woods have given them birth,
Will[37] build their savage fortunes only there;
Content, if foss, and barrow, and the girth
Of long-drawn rampart, witness what they were.[38]