“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

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