St David's Day - A Holiday in Verse

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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 Author - Alun Lewis. Narrator - Richard Mitchley. Published Date - Tuesday, 31 January 2023.

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English