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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... praise . Also in that island was a consecrated precinct of great magnificence ; a temple of corresponding beauty , in shape spherical , adorned with numerous dedicated gifts ; also a city sacred to the god , the majority of its ...
... praise . Also in that island was a consecrated precinct of great magnificence ; a temple of corresponding beauty , in shape spherical , adorned with numerous dedicated gifts ; also a city sacred to the god , the majority of its ...
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... praise and gratitude for those received . The custom of petitioning for presents by occasional poems was carried to such excess , and such respect was constantly paid to their requests , that in the time of Gruffyd ap Cynan , in the ...
... praise and gratitude for those received . The custom of petitioning for presents by occasional poems was carried to such excess , and such respect was constantly paid to their requests , that in the time of Gruffyd ap Cynan , in the ...
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... Praise of Lludd the Great . Song to the Sons of Llyr ab Brochwel . The Elegy of Corroi the Son of Dairy . The Glory of Dinbych . The Prophecy of Britain . Prophecy . Prophecy . The Contention of North and South An Ode . Elegy of the ...
... Praise of Lludd the Great . Song to the Sons of Llyr ab Brochwel . The Elegy of Corroi the Son of Dairy . The Glory of Dinbych . The Prophecy of Britain . Prophecy . Prophecy . The Contention of North and South An Ode . Elegy of the ...
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... praise thee . Ri rex . . . I am worshipping thee in secret . Who has seen Dominus fortis ? ( Who can ) relate the deep things of the Lord ? They have been victorious over Hell . Hic nemor i por progenii . He hath set free its multitudes ...
... praise thee . Ri rex . . . I am worshipping thee in secret . Who has seen Dominus fortis ? ( Who can ) relate the deep things of the Lord ? They have been victorious over Hell . Hic nemor i por progenii . He hath set free its multitudes ...
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... praise of baptism . Baptism the most valuable thing in our worship . There was a contest on the rocks and cliffs and in the plain . Trembling on account of Cunedda the burner , In Caer Weir and Caer Liwelydd , 3 Trembling was the ...
... praise of baptism . Baptism the most valuable thing in our worship . There was a contest on the rocks and cliffs and in the plain . Trembling on account of Cunedda the burner , In Caer Weir and Caer Liwelydd , 3 Trembling was the ...
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