St David's Day - A Holiday in Verse

Written by Alun Lewis, Dafydd ap Gwilym and W. H. Davis

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Sian Phillips and Angharad Rees

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 Introduction

2 - Grongar Hill by John Dyer

3 - Home, Fair Was The Morning Fair Our Tempers by Edward Thomas

4 - The Waterfall by Henry Vaughan

5 - Sweet Empty Sky of June by Henry Vaughan

6 - from Chepstow - A Poem - Tinturn Abbey by Edward Davies

7 - The Grey Steed by Gwerfyl Mechain

8 - The Fox by Robert Williams Parry

9 - On a Mountain Tumulus by Dafydd ap Gwilym

10 - Llyn Y Gadair by T H Parry-Williams

11 - Plynlimmon by Lewis Glyn Cothi

12 - The Kingfisher by W H Davies

13 - In May by William Henry Davies

14 - Cock Crow by Edward Thomas

15 - All Day It Has Rained by Alun Lewis

16 - from Education In Wales by Rowland Williams

17 - Here's the Life I’ve Sigh’d For Long by Iolo Goch

18 - The Depression by David Gwenalt-Jones

19 - The Wind's Lament by John Morris-Jones

20 - In Praise of Wales by Talhaiarn

21 - Praise of a Girl by Huw Morus

22 - A Fleeting Passion by William Henry Davies

23 - Song of the Worker's Wife by Alice Gray Jones

24 - from The Happy Farmer by Iolo Morganwg

25 - Miners by Wilfred Owen

26 - This Poor Man by William John Gruffydd

27 - Old Man by Edward Thomas

28 - Wondrous Sight For Men by Ann Griffiths

29 - Has Your Soul Sipped by Wilfred Owen

30 - Faith by George Herbert

31 - Apologia Pro Poemate Meo by Wilfred Owen

32 - Exposure by Wilfred Owen

33 - War by Hedd Wyn

34 - There's An Open Door by Ann Griffiths

35 - The Immovable Covenant by Hugh Derfel

36 - The Black Spot by Hedd Wyn

37 - Expecting The Lord by Ann Griffiths

38 - Church Monuments by George Herbert

39 - A Flower Sunday Lullaby by Eiffion Wynn

40 - Virtue by George Herbert

41 - Hymn XLI by William Williams Pantycelyn

42 - Song to Mead by Taliesin

43 - The Owl Disturbs the Bard's Sleep by Dafydd ap Gwilym

44 - The Perishing World. From 'The Sleeping Bard' by Elis Wynn

45 - Lullaby by Roberty Bryan

46 - The Fold of the Bards Book of Taliesin

47 - from Arthur's Passing by Thomas Gwynn Jones

48 - An Elegy on the Death of Llywelyn ab Gruyffyd by Gruffydd ap Yr Ynad Coch

49 - In Memory of Mair Eluned by T Marchant Williams

50 - Goodbye by Alun Lewis

51 - Friends Departed by Henry Vaughan

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Copyright Group
• Release date: Jan 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781839677694