St David's Day - A Holiday in Verse

It comes as no surprise to the average Welsh person that their culture continues to thrive despite centuries of seeming servitude to the English. Wales, exemplified by the symbol of the Welsh dragon, is a small proud nation of many talents, large imaginations and even bigger hearts.Saint David's Day, or the Feast of Saint David falls on the 1st March each year on the anniversary of his death in 589 AD. The feast has been regularly celebrated since his canonisation in the 12th century.Traditional festivities include wearing the symbols of Wales and St David; daffodils and leeks, eating the National dish of cawl, a thick heartwarming soup, as well as the classic Welsh rarebit, and parades throughout the day featuring the traditional dress.The pride in its culture and history is keenly felt and in this volume the poets of Wales through the ages bring verse that fortifies and uplifts the soul of a nation and its much admired literary merits. 1 - St David's Day - A Holiday in Verse - An Introduction2 - Grongar Hill by John Dyer3 - Home, Fair Was The Morning Fair Our Tempers by Edward Thomas4 - The Waterfall by Henry Vaughan5 - Sweet Empty Sky of June by Henry Vaughan6 - from Chepstow - A Poem - Tinturn Abbey by Edward Davies7 - The Grey Steed by Gwerfyl Mechain8 - The Fox by Robert Williams Parry9 - On a Mountain Tumulus by Dafydd ap Gwilym10 - Llyn Y Gadair by T H Parry-Williams11 - Plynlimmon by Lewis Glyn Cothi12 - The Kingfisher by W H Davies13 - In May by William Henry Davies14 - Cock Crow by Edward Thomas15 - All Day It Has Rained by Alun Lewis16 - from Education In Wales by Rowland Williams17 - Here's the Life I've Sigh'd For Long by Iolo Goch18 - The Depression by David Gwenalt-Jones19 - The Wind's Lament by John Morris-Jones20 - In Praise of Wales by Talhaiarn21 - Praise of a Girl by Huw Morus22 - A Fleeting Passion by William Henry Davies23 - Song of the Worker's Wife by Alice Gray Jones24 - from The Happy Farmer by Iolo Morganwg25 - Miners by Wilfred Owen26 - This Poor Man by William John Gruffydd27 - Old Man by Edward Thomas28 - Wondrous Sight For Men by Ann Griffiths29 - Has Your Soul Sipped by Wilfred Owen30 - Faith by George Herbert31 - Apologia Pro Poemate Meo by Wilfred Owen32 - Exposure by Wilfred Owen33 - War by Hedd Wyn34 - There's An Open Door by Ann Griffiths35 - The Immovable Covenant by Hugh Derfel36 - The Black Spot by Hedd Wyn37 - Expecting The Lord by Ann Griffiths38 - Church Monuments by George Herbert39 - A Flower Sunday Lullaby by Eiffion Wynn40 - Virtue by George Herbert41 - Hymn XLI by William Williams Pantycelyn42 - Song to Mead by Taliesin43 - The Owl Disturbs the Bard's Sleep by Dafydd ap Gwilym44 - The Perishing World. From 'The Sleeping Bard' by Elis Wynn45 - Lullaby by Roberty Bryan46 - The Fold of the Bards Book of Taliesin47 - from Arthur's Passing by Thomas Gwynn Jones48 - An Elegy on the Death of Llywelyn ab Gruyffyd by Gruffydd ap Yr Ynad Coch49 - In Memory of Mair Eluned by T Marchant Williams50 - Goodbye by Alun Lewis51 - Friends Departed by Henry Vaughan