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C H A P T E R III
CONCERNING SOME WELSH SONGS
" THE DYING BARD," " SWEET RICHARD," " THE BARD'S L O V E / ' " IDLE DAYS IN SUMMER TIME/* "WATCHING THE WHEAT," " FFARWELITI PEGGY BAN," " MARCH OF THE MEN OF HARLECH," " THOSE EVENING BELLS," " ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT," " POOR MARY ANN," " MAID OF MONA'S ISLE," "WHY LINGERS THY GAZE," " THE BLACK MONK," "THE CAMBRIAN PLUME," " MORVA RHUDDLAN/' "DAVID OF THE WHITE ROCK," "THE SORROWS OF MEMORY," " WINIFREDA," AND " ST. DAVID'S DAY"
T HE wealth of melody that has had its birth in Gallant little Wales would come as a surprise upon those who have never explored its bardic mines, notwithstanding that the Welsh harpers and bards have long held their own against the world. As in Scotland and Ireland, where the lyric gift has been so plentifully utilized, so it is in Wales that the people delight to make songs and sing them to their own music. Said the Bishop of St. David's (Dr. Connop Thirlwall),
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