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− | Fictional bard mentioned in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gray Thomas Gray]'s poem "The Bard: A Pindaric Ode," published in 1757. | + | Fictional 13th century Welsh bard mentioned in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gray Thomas Gray]'s poem "The Bard: A Pindaric Ode," published in 1757. |
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+ | The premise of the poem is the tradition | ||
+ | that after Edward the First conquered Wales (1277-1283), he had all the Welsh bards put to death. | ||
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Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert cave, | Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert cave, | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
− | *[[Llewellyn]] | + | * [[Llewellyn]] |
− | *[[Cadwallo]] | + | * [[Cadwallo]] |
− | *[[Urien]] | + | * [[Urien]] |
− | *[[Modred]] | + | * [[Modred]] |
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+ | ==External links== | ||
+ | * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bard_(poem) | ||
+ | * https://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=bapo#panel_notes | ||
− | + | [[Category:1757]] | |
− | + | [[Category:Poems]] | |
− | + | [[Category:Fictional bards, minstrels, and troubadours]] |
Latest revision as of 15:47, 18 May 2025
Fictional 13th century Welsh bard mentioned in Thomas Gray's poem "The Bard: A Pindaric Ode," published in 1757.
The premise of the poem is the tradition that after Edward the First conquered Wales (1277-1283), he had all the Welsh bards put to death.
Hark, how each giant-oak, and desert cave,
Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath!
O'er thee, oh king! their hundred arms they wave,
Revenge on thee in hoarser murmurs breathe;
Vocal no more, since Cambria's fatal day,
To high-born Hoel's harp, or soft Llewellyn's lay.
Cold is Cadwallo's tongue,
That hushed the stormy main:
Brave Urien sleeps upon his craggy bed:
Mountains, ye mourn in vain
Modred, whose magic song
Made huge Plinlimmon bow his cloud-topped head.
On dreary Arvon's shore they lie,
Smeared with gore, and ghastly pale