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Song to the Little World (Book of Taliessin LVI)
Translated by Robert Williams (1868) · From Book of Taliessin
The beautiful I sang of, I will sing.
The world one day more.
Much I reason,
And I meditate.
I will address the bards of the world,
Since it is not told me
What supports the world,
That it falls not into vacancy.
Or if the world should fall,
On what would it fall?
Who would uphold it?
The world, how it comes again,
When it falls in decay,
Again in the enclosing circle.
The world, how wonderful it is,
That it falls not at once.
The world, how peculiar it is,
So great was it trampled on.
Johannes, Mattheus,
Lucas, and Marcus,
They sustain the word
Through the grace of the Spirit.
Codex Note
Skene no. XCV (group U: Poems Relating to the Life and Opinions of Taliessin). Ascribed to Taliesin by tradition.
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MLA
Taliesin. “Song to the Little World (Book of Taliessin LVI).” Translated by Robert Williams. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taliesin/44/.
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Taliesin. “Song to the Little World (Book of Taliessin LVI).” Translated by Robert Williams. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taliesin/44/.
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