 Welsh bards and Welsh harpists, the harp of a chief musician was of exactly the same value as an oak tree; and for the price of two tuning keys to the harp you might buy a coble boat. And how by a quaint rule of superiority it was decreed, that if the...  Lost and saved - Side 48av Caroline Elizabeth S. Norton (hon. mrs. George.) - 1863Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
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...priest and the other to the curate. When the king had a desire for poetry, the chief of the song had to sing two songs, one addressed to God and the other to the chieftains. When the queen had the same desire, the bard sang three songs concerning Camlan, in a low voice, lest... | |
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