Prince GRUFFYDD' AP CYNAN, the great Patron and reformer of the Bards;Flourished AN: DOM; 1100.

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6 heavenly blessing,nor (queamish pride, nor gloomy fear. E 65 4 6 6 - 6 6 6 5

5 What tho 'no grants of royal donors

Still shall each kind returning season
With pompous titles grace our blood !

Sufficient for our wishes give;
We'll shine in more fubftantial honors,

For we will live a life of reason,
And to be noble we'11 be good.

And that's the only life to live.
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6 Our Name, while Virtue thus we tender,

Through Youth and Age in love excelling, Will sweetly found where-e'er 'tis fpoke:

We'll hand in hand together tread; And all the great ones, they shall wonder Sweet-fmiling Peace shall crown our dwelling, How they refpect such little folk.

And babes, sweet-smiling babes, our bed. 4

7 What tho from fortune's lavish bounty,

How should I love the pretty creatures, No mighty treasures we poffefs ,

While round my knees they fondly clung; we'll find within our pittance plenty,

To see them look their Mother's features, And be content without excess.

To hear them lisp their Mother's tongue.

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And when with envy time transported,

Shall think to rob us of our joys;
You'll in your Girls, again be courted,

And I'll go wooing in my Boys.
Moderato

Reged.

ho

The above beautiful' address to conjugal love is a translation from the Welsh; and I believe, was first printed in a
Volume of Miscellaneous Poems, published by D. David Lewis. 1726. and now set to the old Tune called, Hen Sihyl".