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Summary

It comes as no surprise to the average Welsh person that their culture continues to thrive despite centuries of seeming servitude to the English.  Wales, exemplified by the symbol of the Welsh dragon, is a small proud nation of many talents, large imaginations and even bigger hearts. 
 
Saint David's Day, or the Feast of Saint David falls on the 1st March each year on the anniversary of his death in 589 AD. The feast has been regularly celebrated since his canonisation in the 12th century. 
 
Traditional festivities include wearing the symbols of Wales and St David; daffodils and leeks, eating the National dish of cawl, a thick heartwarming soup, as well as the classic Welsh rarebit, and parades throughout the day featuring the traditional dress. 
 
The pride in its culture and history is keenly felt and in this volume the poets of Wales through the ages bring verse that fortifies and uplifts the soul of a nation and its much admired literary merits.  
1 - St David's Day - A Holiday in Verse  - An Introduction 
2 - Grongar Hill by John Dyer 
3 - Home, Fair Was The Morning Fair Our Tempers by Edward Thomas 
4 - The Waterfall  by Henry Vaughan 
5 - Sweet Empty Sky of June by Henry Vaughan 
6 - from Chepstow - A Poem - Tinturn Abbey by Edward Davies 
7 - The Grey Steed by Gwerfyl Mechain 
8 - The Fox by Robert Williams Parry 
9 - On a Mountain Tumulus by Dafydd ap Gwilym 
10 - Llyn Y Gadair by T H Parry-Williams 
11 - Plynlimmon by Lewis Glyn Cothi 
12 - The Kingfisher by W H Davies 
13 - In May by William Henry Davies 
14 - Cock Crow by Edward Thomas 
15 - All Day It Has Rained by Alun Lewis 
16 - from Education In Wales by Rowland Williams 
17 - Here's the Life I’ve Sigh’d For Long by Iolo Goch 
18 - The Depression by David Gwenalt-Jones 
19 - The Wind's Lament by John Morris-Jones 
20 - In Praise of Wales by Talhaiarn 
21 - Praise of a Girl by Huw Morus 
22 - A Fleeting Passion by William Henry Davies 
23 - Song of the Worker's Wife by Alice Gray Jones 
24 - from The Happy Farmer by Iolo Morganwg 
25 - Miners by Wilfred Owen 
26 - This Poor Man by William John Gruffydd 
27 - Old Man by Edward Thomas 
28 - Wondrous Sight For Men by Ann Griffiths 
29 - Has Your Soul Sipped by Wilfred Owen 
30 - Faith by George Herbert 
31 - Apologia Pro Poemate Meo by Wilfred Owen 
32 - Exposure by Wilfred Owen 
33 - War by Hedd Wyn 
34 - There's An Open Door by Ann Griffiths 
35 - The Immovable Covenant by Hugh Derfel 
36 - The Black Spot by Hedd Wyn 
37 - Expecting The Lord by Ann Griffiths 
38 - Church Monuments by George Herbert 
39 - A Flower Sunday Lullaby by Eiffion Wynn 
40 - Virtue by George Herbert 
41 - Hymn XLI by William Williams Pantycelyn 
42 - Song to Mead by Taliesin 
43 - The Owl Disturbs the Bard's Sleep by Dafydd ap Gwilym 
44 - The Perishing World. From 'The Sleeping Bard' by Elis Wynn 
45 - Lullaby by Roberty Bryan 
46 - The Fold of the Bards Book of Taliesin 
47 - from Arthur's Passing by Thomas Gwynn Jones 
48 - An Elegy on the Death of Llywelyn ab Gruyffyd by Gruffydd ap Yr Ynad Coch 
49 - In Memory of Mair Eluned by T Marchant Williams 
50 - Goodbye by Alun Lewis 
51 - Friends Departed by Henry Vaughan

Duration: about 2 hours (01:36:08)
Publishing date: 2021-01-27; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

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