Living
Ryce of Twyn
Translated by George Borrow (Welsh Poems and Ballads, 1915) · From Welsh Poems and Ballads (1915)
Living
FOR Ryce if hundred thousands plough'd,
The lands around his fair abode;
Did vines of thousand vineyards bleed,
Still corn and wine great Ryce would need;
If all the earth had bread's sweet savour,
And water all had cyder's flavour,
Three roaring feasts in Ryce's hall
Would swallow earth and ocean all.
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Codex Note
From "Wild Wales"; the source attributes it to Dafydd Nanmor.
Cite this poem
MLA
Nanmor, Dafydd. “Ryce of Twyn.” Translated by George Borrow. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dafydd-nanmor/0/.
Chicago
Nanmor, Dafydd. “Ryce of Twyn.” Translated by George Borrow. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dafydd-nanmor/0/.