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“Pleasant to bring back the divisions of a parish;
Also pleasant to us the time of paradise.
Pleasant, the moon, a luminary in the heavens;
Also pleasant where there is a good rememberer.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Pleasant Things of Taliesin

Time

“I am not meet for petty men, the book a boss:
They saw not Arthur's virtue beyond the Fort of Glasses.
Three score centuries of men stationed on the wall:
to speak with its sentinel was not easy.
Three fulnesses of Prydwen we went with Arthur,
Save for seven none came up from Fort Hindrance.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Spoils of Annwn

Men , Books

“A wave do ye displace,
A shield do ye extend
To the travelling woe,
And violent exertion through grief.
And inflaming through fury
Between heaven and earth.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), Oh God, the God of Formation

Travel

“The value of my cry great will be its advantage to degrees.
The chief of men, shield of warriors.
The extensive booty of the ashen shaft is my fair Awen.
A shield before a prince, bright his smile,
Heroic, aspiring, the most heroic is Urien”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Spoils of Taliesin, a Song to Urien

Men , Smile , Cry

“I was in the canon
When Absalom was slain.
I was in Llys Don
Before the birth of Gwydion.”

Taliesin

The Tale of Taleisin

Birth

“Pleasant, the eagle on the shore of the sea when it flows;
Also pleasant, sea-gulls playing.
Pleasant, a horse with gold-enamelled trappings;
Also pleasant to be honest in a breach.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Pleasant Things of Taliesin

Horse , Sea

“I am not meet for petty men, slack their spirit:
They know not, they, what day the Chief was made,
what hour of the fine day was born the owner,
what a beast they keep with its silver head.
When we went with Arthur, a sorry strife,
Save for seven none came up from Fort Hoar-side.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Spoils of Annwn

Men

“Excellent in every way around the glens
The two skilful ones make inquiries”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The First Address of Taliesin

Way

“Although I am small, I am skilful.
From the sea and the mountain,
From the river's depth
God gives His gifts to the blessed.”

Taliesin

The Tale of Taleisin

God , Mountain , Sea

“I was in Africa
Before the building of Rome.
I came here
To the remnant of Troy.”

Taliesin

The Tale of Taleisin

“Multitudes, of beautiful works,
Believed, served with us.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Elegy of the Thousand Sons

Beauty

“The number of saints, a synod without desire,
From God the divine prophesy.
In every tongue they compose,
About the earth they were,
And so many wisely prophesied
Christ, and before he was, they were.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Elegy of the Thousand Sons

God , Christ

“I was patriarch
To Elijah and Elijah.
I was there at the crucifixion
Of the merciful Mabon.”

Taliesin

The Tale of Taleisin

“Thrice three protections,
Returning to the old places,
With a steed used to the field.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Song of the Horses

“Heroic numberer of languages,
A conspicuous sea-shoal of goodly increase.
A number that God will watch with extreme love.
In heaven, in earth, at the end,
In straits, in expanse, in form,
In body, in soul, in habit,
Prudence far from the presence of kings.
I adore thee, Ruler of the land of peace.
Let my soul be in a condition of life;
For ever in court;
A servant of heaven, he will not refuse me.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Elegy of the Thousand Sons

Love , Life , God , Peace

“I adore the sovereign lord of the royal land -
May his dominion extend over the reaches of the cosmos!”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Spoils of Annwn

“Fair Elphin, dry your cheeks!
Such sorrow does not become you,
Although you consider yourself cheated
Excessive sorrow gains nothing,
Nor will doubting God's miracles.”

Taliesin

The Tale of Taleisin

God , Cheating

“Ruler of heaven, Ruler of every people!
We knew not, O Christ! that it was thou.
If we had known thee,
Christ, we should have refrained from thee.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), Oh God, the God of Formation

People , Christ

“The Cymry will be lamenting
While their souls will be tried
Before a horde of ravagers.
The Cymry, chief wicked ones,
On account of the loss of holy wafers.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The First Address of Taliesin

Soul , Loss

“Pleasant, the word that utters the Trinity;
Also pleasant, extreme penance for sin.
Pleasant, the summer of pleasantness;
Communion with the Lord, in the day of judgment.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Pleasant Things of Taliesin

Summer