{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/fab/fab055.htm","path":"neu/celt/fab/fab055.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/fab/fab055.htm","text":"IN rest,\n A song I kept.\n Respect and plenty\n And mead I possessed.\n I possessed mead.\n His triumph,\n And fair lands,\n A great wonder.\n And gold and hour,\n 10 And hour and treasure,\n And plenty\n And esteem.\n And giving a desire,\n A desire of giving it,\n To encourage me.\n He slays, he plagues,\n He cherishes, he honours, p. 347\n He honours, he cherishes,\n He slays before him.\n 20 Presence was given\n To the bards of the world.\n Ever certainly\n To thee they say\n According to thy will.\n God hath caused to thee\n The shoulder of kings\n Against despicable fear.\n Incitement of battle\n The protection of a country.\n 30 The country protected\n Battle of incitement\n Usual about thee\n The tumult of capering,\n The capering of tumult\n And drinking of ale.\n Ale for the drinking,\n And a fair homestead,\n And beautiful clothing,\n To me has been extended.\n 40 The lofty Llwyvenydd,\n And requests open.\n In one dwell\n Great and little.\n Taliessin's song\n Thou comfortest it.\n Thou art the best\n Of those that have heard\n His vehement animosities.\n I also will praise\n 50 Thy deeds,\n And until I fail in old age,p. 348\n In the sore necessity of death,\n May I not be smiling\n If I praise not Urien.","title":"Four Ancient Books of Wales: I. Poems Relating to Urien R...","type":"page"}