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Wales Poetry

The Mountain Galloway
My tried and trusty mountain steed, Of Aberteivi's hardy...

The Ewe
So artless art thou, gentle ewe! Thy aspect kindles...

An Address To The Summer
of Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire, and was born about ...

Llywarch Hen's Lament On Cynddylan
Taliesin in the sixth century. He was engaged at the batt...

Song Of The Foster-son, Love
I got a foster-son, whose name was Love, From one endu...

A Bridal Song
Wilt thou not waken, bride of May, While the flowers are...

The Death Of Owain
Lo! the youth, in mind a man, Daring in the battle's v...

Short Is The Life Of Man
Man's life, like any weaver's shuttle, flies, Or, like a t...

The Bard's Long-tried Affection For Morfydd
All my lifetime I have been Bard to Morfydd, "golden m...

My Native Land
My soul is sad, my spirit fails, And sickness in my he...

The Farmer's Prayer
poems of the "Good Vicar Prichard of Llandovery" would be ...

The Sick Man's Dream
Dans le solitaire bourgade, Revant a ses maux triste...

Concerning The Divine Providence
...

May And November
Sweet May, ever welcome! the palace of leaves Thy hand for...

The Day Of Judgment
was a native of Anglesea, and entered the Welsh Church...

The Lord Of Clas
The Lord of Clas to his hunting is gone, Over plain and...

An Ode On The Death Of Hoel
of the sixth century. He was himself a soldier, and d...

The Rose Of Llan Meilen
Sweet Rose of Llan Meilen! you bid me forget That ever i...

The Song Of The Fisherman's Wife
Restless wave! be still and quiet, Do not heed the win...

The Golden Goblet, In Imitation Of Gothe
There was a king in Mon, {62} A true lover to his grave; ...



The Cuckoo's Tale






Category: The Sentimental.

Hail, bird of sweet melody, heav'n is thy home;
With the tidings of summer thy bright pinions roam--
The summer that thickens with foliage the glade,
And lures to the woodland the poet and maid.
Sweet as "sack," gentle bird, is thy beautiful voice,
In thy accents the lover must ever rejoice:
Oh! tell me at once, in thy musical lay,
Where tarries the girl whose behest I obey.

"Poor bard," said the cuckoo, "what anguish and pain
Hast thou stored for thyself, all thy cares are in vain,
All hopes of the maid thou awaitest resign,
She has wedded another, and ne'er can be thine."

"For the tale thou hast told"--to the cuckoo I cried,
"For thus singing to me of my beautiful bride
These strains of thy malice--may winter appear
And dim the sun's light--stay the summer's career;
With frost all the leaves of the forest boughs fill,
And wither the woods with his desolate chill,
And with cold in the midst of thy own forest spray,
Take thy life and thy song, foolish cuckoo, away!"





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