The Four Ancient Books of Wales Containing the Cymric Poems Attributed to the Bards of the Sixth Century
The Four Ancient Books of Wales Containing the Cymric Poems Attributed to the Bards of the Sixth Century
Skene, William Forbes, 1809-1892, Ed
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394. Every ode of the Gododin is equivalent to a single song, according to the privilege of poetical composition. Each of the Gwarchans is equal to three hundred and sixty-three songs, because the number of the men who went to Catraeth is com- memorated in the Gorchans ; and as no man should go to battle without arms, so no bard ought to contend without that poem. Here now begins the Gwarchan of Maelderw. Taliessin sung it, and it is a privileged ode. His three Gwarchans are equal in poetical c...ompetition to all the odes in the (rododin. The noise of two Abers around the Caer ! Arouse thyself to arms and splendour ! Digitized by Google THE GODODIN POEMS. 415 Cold is the passing and repassing of the breach of battle. Lover of fame, seekest thou to sleep ? The variegated texture, the covering of heroism, For the shelterless assault shall be woven. The breach that has been attempted will not be effected. Bear the patient exertion of heroism. Sharply in arms he used to frown, 10 But mildly allured he the intellectual world.
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