Taliesin, Or, The Bards and Druids of Britain: A Translation of the Remains of the Earliest Welsh Bards, and an Examination of the Bardic Mysteries |
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... speculations of geometry , in measuring the magnitude of the earth , and even 1 Religion of Ancient Britain historically considered . London , 1846 . of the world ; philosophers of a sublime and penetrating THE HYPERBOREANS . 11.
... speculations of geometry , in measuring the magnitude of the earth , and even 1 Religion of Ancient Britain historically considered . London , 1846 . of the world ; philosophers of a sublime and penetrating THE HYPERBOREANS . 11.
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... daear ar Aneirin , — Since the time when the earth went upon Aneirin- has reference to his death , as may be seen in the corresponding passages in the same poem . Chwaryeis yn Llychwr Cysgais yn mhorphor , — I have 48 HISTORY OF TALIESIN .
... daear ar Aneirin , — Since the time when the earth went upon Aneirin- has reference to his death , as may be seen in the corresponding passages in the same poem . Chwaryeis yn Llychwr Cysgais yn mhorphor , — I have 48 HISTORY OF TALIESIN .
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... made . Whence come night and dawn , Whither the earth is moving on slowly , The hiding - place of night before day . Pater noster ambulo Gentis tonans in adjuvando Sibilem signum Ro THE FIRST ADDRESS OF TALIESIN . 69.
... made . Whence come night and dawn , Whither the earth is moving on slowly , The hiding - place of night before day . Pater noster ambulo Gentis tonans in adjuvando Sibilem signum Ro THE FIRST ADDRESS OF TALIESIN . 69.
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... earth obtain a better than him ? Like the whirl of the wind ( was he ) against the ashen spears ; Chief of his clan , in his presence 1 " I who am Taliesin , a man of the oaks . " - Davies . Warwick , according to Williams . 3 Carlisle ...
... earth obtain a better than him ? Like the whirl of the wind ( was he ) against the ashen spears ; Chief of his clan , in his presence 1 " I who am Taliesin , a man of the oaks . " - Davies . Warwick , according to Williams . 3 Carlisle ...
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... earth was his covering . Like a swarm of bees swiftly moving in a thicket , His servants did not do the work of cowards . There was here nothing more beautiful Than the palace and the robes of Cunedda . From the crest of the cliff to ...
... earth was his covering . Like a swarm of bees swiftly moving in a thicket , His servants did not do the work of cowards . There was here nothing more beautiful Than the palace and the robes of Cunedda . From the crest of the cliff to ...
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