Taliesin: Quotes about God

“O God, the God of formation,
Ruler, strengthener of blood.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), Oh God, the God of Formation
Context: O God, the God of formation,
Ruler, strengthener of blood.
Christ Jesus, that guards.
Princes loud-proclaiming go their course
For a decaying acquisition.

God

“A pleasant virtue, extreme penance to an extreme course;
Also pleasant, when God is delivering me.”

Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Pleasant Things of Taliesin
Context: A pleasant virtue, extreme penance to an extreme course;
Also pleasant, when God is delivering me.
Pleasant, the carousal that hinders not mental exertion;
Also pleasant, to drink together about horns.

God

“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

“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

“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