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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... Songs which probably formed part of the Romance - The Song of the Ale - The Cadeir Taliesin , & c . · PAGE 122-238 ... Song of the Horses - Songs relating to Alexander the Great - The Ape of the Sanctuary - The Mystery of the Gwyddvedd ...
... Songs which probably formed part of the Romance - The Song of the Ale - The Cadeir Taliesin , & c . · PAGE 122-238 ... Song of the Horses - Songs relating to Alexander the Great - The Ape of the Sanctuary - The Mystery of the Gwyddvedd ...
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... Song of Yscolan . 7. The Song of the Sons of Llywarch Hen . 8. Songs to Gwyddno Garanhir , to Maelgwn , to Gwyn ab Nudd , Gwendoleu , Gwallawg ab Lleenawg , Bran ab Guerydh , Meirig ab Kynele , Lhoegr ab Lhyenog , and the song " which ...
... Song of Yscolan . 7. The Song of the Sons of Llywarch Hen . 8. Songs to Gwyddno Garanhir , to Maelgwn , to Gwyn ab Nudd , Gwendoleu , Gwallawg ab Lleenawg , Bran ab Guerydh , Meirig ab Kynele , Lhoegr ab Lhyenog , and the song " which ...
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... song , an art , or a performance . What the Bards of Wales really were in the tenth century 1 We may venture to suggest to the Welsh MSS . Society , that it is not necessary to publish English translations of Welsh MSS . , a process ...
... song , an art , or a performance . What the Bards of Wales really were in the tenth century 1 We may venture to suggest to the Welsh MSS . Society , that it is not necessary to publish English translations of Welsh MSS . , a process ...
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... songs . He is to sing at the board of the King , in the common hall , and at the desire of the Queen . If the Queen ... song to the master of the household when- ever the latter should direct , and was to pay a fine to the judge of the ...
... songs . He is to sing at the board of the King , in the common hall , and at the desire of the Queen . If the Queen ... song to the master of the household when- ever the latter should direct , and was to pay a fine to the judge of the ...
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... songs in the Welsh language . It appears that some part of the MSS . above alluded to was transcribed in the time of ... song . Dr. Powell also was of opinion that the Welsh instrumental music came hither with Prince Gruffyd's Irish ...
... songs in the Welsh language . It appears that some part of the MSS . above alluded to was transcribed in the time of ... song . Dr. Powell also was of opinion that the Welsh instrumental music came hither with Prince Gruffyd's Irish ...
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