From "The Druid Path"
by Marah Ellis Ryan
1917
My efforts at extraction from PDF leave much to be desired but at least I got the Musical Score with it.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
Hail Hirlas
Fill with mead the Hirlas high,
Nor let a soul this day be dry;
The hall resounds, the triumph rings,
And every bard the conflict sings.
dnyved's trophied shield displays
Themes of glory, themes of praise,—
A lion in the tented field,
A lamb, when vanquish'd heroes yield.
Ednyved, bravest of the brave!
His name shall live beyond the grave."
LLANDDONA—DWYNWEN—LLANDDWYN.
" Llan Ddona (so called from Dona, fourth in descent from the celebrated Brochwel, Prince of Powys, who built a cell there, upon the sea-shore, in the ninth century,) is a parish adjoining Llangoed, on the north-east, in the island of Anglesey. The fair damsels of this district have, from time immemorial, borne the same addition as those of Lancashire, both having, probably, been peculiarly favoured by Dwynwen,
* There have been more thanone English version of this celebrated poem, but we are not aware to which Mr. Llwyd here alludes.— Ed.
THE HIRLAS.
" These were the mead-horns of ancient hospitality, and called the Hirlas.
That of Owain Cyveiliog, Prince of Powys, has been the subject of a beautiful ode,
for the appearance of which in English the public are indebted to the pen of an accomplished scholar*.
An elegant specimen of the ancient Hirlas is still preserved at Lord Penrhyn's seat in Caernarvonshire."
See Cambro-Briton, vol. i. P 59
Published at Chester in 1804.
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That gives Joy or Tears of the Heart. Or if need be Blade of Rosc to cut down
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