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~1 transcribe the first verse of " The Fair Maid of Mona's Isle":
(< Tliere once lived a maid in Mona' s fair Isle, "Whose sweet face was never lit up with a smile; She mournfully sighed while others were gay, And seemed to grow sadder as years passed away. Near the lonely seashore tide in and tide out Both morning and ev'ning she wandered about Wistfully looking across the wide main, Expecting, expecting, but always in vain !"
I t will naturally be of interest to the English resader to know that there have been many workers in the field of research who have lov-ingly devoted their talents to the rescue and pr-eservation of the songs of Cambria, and arwongst the more notable may be mentioned Eedward Jones {Bardd y Brenhi), 175 2-1824; J c o l i n Parry (Bardd Alow), 1776-1851; John Tihormas (Icuan Ddu), 1795-1871; John Owen [CDsmn Alaw), 1821-1883; Brinley Richards, t o . whom I refer more fully farther on, 1819-1885. Tliiomas Love Peacock, who wrote the " March of the Men of Harlech," 1785-1866, John Tlhomas (Pcncerdd Gwalid)^ Dr. Joseph Parry, and Professor David Rowlands, the last three being happily still alive and interesting them-serlves in t h e bardic lore of Wales to which the k ,te talented Ceiriog contributed so much.
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