Springs the chief o'er the surrounding mead of the some what gentle wood. A Caer there was, love-diffusing, not paling, not trembling. Happy is he whose soul is rewarded. III. THE DEATH-SONG OF EROF. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XL. Text, vol. ii. p. 196. Notes, vol. ii. p. 416. WERE changed the elements When came the gloriously-free, Ercwlf chief of baptism. Ercwlf said, That he valued not death. Shield of the Mordei Upon him it broke. Ercwlf the arranger, 10 Determined, frantic. Four columns of equal length; The columns of Ercwlf Will not dare a threatening, A threatening will not dare. The heat of the sun did not leave him. No one went to heaven Until went he, Ercwlf the wall-piercer. 20 May the sand be my covering, May the Trinity grant me Mercy on the day of judgment, IV. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XLI. Text, vol. ii. p. 197. Notes, vol. ii. p. 416. ADAWG, the joy of the wall, Madawg, before he was in the grave, Was a fortress of abundance Of games, and society. The son of Uthyr before he was slain, Erof the cruel came, Of impotent joy; Of impotent sorrow. 10 Erof the cruel caused Treacheries to Jesus. Though he believed. The earth quaking, And the elements darkening, And a shadow on the world, And baptism trembling. An impotent step Was taken by fierce Erof, Going in the course of things 20 Among the hideous fiends Even to the bottom of Uffern. V. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XLVI. Text, vol. ii. p. 200. Notes, vol. ii. p. 418. AM Taliesin the ardent; I will enrich the praise of baptism. At the baptism of the ruler, the worshipper wondered, There is trembling from fear of Cunedda the burner, There is trembling from the mutual encounter. A complete billow of fire over the seas, A wave in which the brave fell among his companions. 10 A hundred received his attack on the earth, Like the roaring of the wind against the ashen spears. They protected, and believed in his kindness. The bards are arranged according to accurate canons. (His) discourse raised up the bard stricken in poverty. 20 Harder against an enemy than a bone. Pre-eminent is Cunedda before the furrow (i. e. the grave) And the sod. His face was kept A hundred times before there was dissolution. A door hurdle The men of Bryniich carried in the battle. They became pale from fear of him and his terror chill moving. Before the earth was the portion of his end. Like a swarm of swift dogs about a thicket. Sheathing (swords is) a worse cowardice than adversity. 30 For the palace, for the shirt of Cunedda; For the salt streams, for the freely-dropping sea. For the prey, and the quantity I lose. The sarcasm of bards that disparage I will harrow, And others that thicken I will count. He was to be admired in the tumult with nine hundred horse. Before the communion of Cunedda, There would be to me milch cows in summer, There would be to me a steed in winter, There would be to me bright wine and oil. 40 There would be to me a troop of slaves against any advance. For the streams of death he is distressed. He carried the shield in the pre-eminent place, Truly valiant were his princes. Sleepiness, and condolence, and pale front, A good step, will destroy sleep from a believer. 1 B. POEMS REFERRING TO ARTHUR THE GULEDIG. VI. THE CHAIR OF THE SOVEREIGN. BOOK OF TALIESSIN XV. Text, vol. ii. p. 155. Notes, vol. ii. p. 404. HE declaration of a clear song, Of unbounded Awen, About a warrior of two authors, Of the race of the steel Ala. And his swift irruptions, And his sovereign prince, And his scriptural number, 10 And his assault over the wall, The generous feeder. The third deep wise one, To bless Arthur, Arthur the blessed, 20 In a compact song. On the face in battle, Upon him a restless activity. Who are the three chief ministers That guarded the country? |