Y Cymmrodor, Volume 2Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1878 |
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amser amusement ancient arall Asaph Bangor bard bird bod yn British bydd byddai cael Caersws called Celtic Church chwi College Corresponding Member Council Cymmrodor Cymmrodorion Cymry Cywydd David Davies Dear drwy edition Edward Eisteddfod English eraill Evans fath gael genedl Goronwy Griffith Gwilym gwneuthur HAMER hanes harp hath honour HOWEL Hugh Morris hwyrach hyny John language letter LEWIS MORRIS Llandyssul Llanerchymedd Llanwrin LLOYD Lord Bishop Machynlleth mae yn mewn Morfudd MORGAN Music of Wales Nennius oedd Owain Owen Oxford PARRY Penbryn pobl poems poet poetry Professor Provençal Queen Victoria Street rhai Rhys rhyw Richard Right Rev Robert Jones Rotherhithe Society song Swansea sydd sydd yn Temple thee Thomas THOMAS HAMER Thornton Heath thou troubadour wedi Welsh Wrexham wrth ydyw yr Eisteddfod
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Page 4 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Page 4 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder ; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps...
Page 4 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 111 - Fie, fie, fie,' now would she cry ; ' Tereu, tereu ! ' by and by ; That to hear her so complain, Scarce I could from tears refrain ; For her griefs, so lively shown, Made me think upon mine own. Ah, thought I, thou mourn'st in vain ! None takes pity on thy pain : Senseless trees they cannot hear thee ; Ruthless...
Page 3 - Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
Page 3 - Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp ? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
Page 3 - Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets com'ing down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: and the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
Page 4 - Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy : yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Page 42 - The study of modern history is the study of kings, financiers, statesmen, and priests. The history of ancient Greece is the study of legislators, philosophers, and poets; it is the history of men, compared with the history of titles.
Page 182 - O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us!