Taliesin: Heaven

Taliesin was Welsh bard. Explore interesting quotes on heaven.
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“The number that have been, and will be,
Above heaven, below heaven, how many there are.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Elegy of the Thousand Sons
Context: The number that have been, and will be,
Above heaven, below heaven, how many there are.
And as many as have believed in revelation,
Believed through the will of the Lord.
As many as are on wrath through the circles,
Have mercy, God, on thy kindred.
May I be meek, the turbulent Ruler,
May I not endure, before I am without motion.
Grievously complaineth every lost one,
Hastily claimeth every needy one.

“I was with my king
In the heavens
When Lucifer fell
Into the deepest hell.”

Taliesin

The Tale of Taleisin
Context: I was with my king
In the heavens
When Lucifer fell
Into the deepest hell.
I carried the banner
Before Alexander.
I know the names of the stars
From the North to the South.

Hell

“Sovereign of heaven, let my messages not be rejected.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Death-song of Uther Pendragon
Context: May the countenance of Prydain be bright for my guidance.
Sovereign of heaven, let my messages not be rejected.

“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

“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

“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

“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

“Kings will shudder [that] day,
Woe awaits them!
When the recompenser shall appear,
Let the heaven appear below.
A ruddy wind will be brought
Out to the cinder,
Until the world is as desolate
As when created.”

Taliesin

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

World , Appearance

“The heath was victorious, keeping off on all sides.
The common people were charmed,
During time proceeding of the men.
The oak, quickly moving,
Before him, tremble heaven and earth.
A valiant door-keeper against an enemy,
his name is considered.
The blue-bells combined,
And caused a consternation.
In rejecting, were rejected,
Others, that were perforated”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Battle of the Trees

Men , People , Time , Victory

“Twelve thousand in the convention
Believed through the voice of John.
They worship, they deserve a portion,
In heaven they will not be angry.”

Taliesin

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

“Book-learning scarcely tells me
Of severe afflictions after death-bed;
And such as have heard my bardic books
They shall obtain the region of heaven, the best of all abodes.”

Taliesin

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

Death , Books , Affliction , Learning