Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards

Translated into English, with explanatory notes on the historical passages, and a short account of men and places mentioned by the bards. by the Rev. Evan Evans, (Ieuan Prydydd Hir.)

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CONTENTS
A Poem by Owain Cyfeiliog
A Poem by Howel-ap-Einion Lygliw
An Ode of David Benfras to Llewelyn the Great
A Poem to Llewelyn the Great, by Einion the son of Gwgan
A Panegyric upon Owain Gwynedd, by Gwalchmai the son of Meilir
An Elegy to Nest, the daughter of Howel, by Einion ab Gwalchmai
A Poem to Llewelyn the Great, by Llywarch Brydydd y Moch
An Ode to Llewelyn the last Prince of Wales, by Llygal Gwr
A Poem entitled The Ode of the months, by Gwilym Ddu o Arfon
A short account of Taliesin and Elphin his Patron
At Rhisiart Morys, Ysw., a’i Frodyr
At y Cymry
A Method how to retrieve the Ancient British Language, &c.
A Curious Commission issued by Queen Elizabeth
A Biographical sketch of Ieuan Prydydd Hir
An Elegy on his death by the Rev. R. Williams
A Paraphrase of the 137th Psalm, by the Rev. E. Evans, (Ieuan Prydydd Hir)
An Elegy to the Memory of Lleucu Llwyd, the fair nymph of Pennal, by Llewelyn Goch ap Meirig Hen
Dedication to Sir Roger Mostyn
De Bardis Dissertatio
Preface
Taliesin’s Poem
The Penitent Shepherd, by the Rev. E. Evans, (Ieuan Prydydd Hir)
The Feudal System, by J. Jenkins Esq.
The Welsh Works of Ieuan Prydydd Hir, proposal to print them by Subscription
Verses on seeing the ruins of Ivor Hael’s Palace, by the Rev. E. Evans, (Ieuan Prydydd Hir)