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Quotes from Book of Taliesin — Taliesin

534–599 Wales

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Multitudes, of beautiful works,
Believed, served with us.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

Pleasant, the heath when it is green;
Also pleasant, the salt marsh for cattle.
Pleasant, the time when calves draw milk;
Also pleasant, foamy horsemanship.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

I am old. I am young. I am Gwion,
I am universal, I am possessed of penetrating wit.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

Twelve thousand in the convention
Believed through the voice of John.
They worship, they deserve a portion,
In heaven they will not be angry.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

Pleasant, a steed in a leather halter;
Also pleasant, alliance with a king.
Pleasant, the hero that destroys not the yielding;
Also pleasant, the splendid Cymraec language.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

Pleasant, the eagle on the shore of the sea when it flows;
Also pleasant, sea-gulls playing.
Pleasant, a horse with gold-enamelled trappings;
Also pleasant to be honest in a breach.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

Too many do not live, of those that know me.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

The love-diffusing [Lord] will separate us.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

There will be commotions and turbulent times,
Seek no peace — it will not accrue to thee.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

The number that have been, and will be,
Above heaven, below heaven, how many there are.

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I adore the sovereign lord of the royal land -
May his dominion extend over the reaches of the cosmos!

Book of Taliesin (1275)

Thrice three protections,
Returning to the old places,
With a steed used to the field.

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And entreating his exalted weight,
Under the stars, saints he planted.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

I am a bard; I will not disclose secrets to slaves;
I am a guide: I am expert in contests.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

Songs and minstrels.
And the hymns of angels,
Will raise from the graves,
They will entreat from the beginning.

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A pleasant virtue, extreme penance to an extreme course;
Also pleasant, when God is delivering me.
Pleasant, the carousal that hinders not mental exertion;
Also pleasant, to drink together about horns.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

Pleasant, berries in the time of harvest;
Also pleasant, wheat upon the stalk.
Pleasant the sun moving in the firmament;
Also pleasant the retaliators of outcries.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

Pleasant, a steed with a thick mane in a tangle;
Also pleasant, crackling fuel.
Pleasant, desire, and silver fringes;
Also pleasant, the conjugal ring.

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A wave do ye displace,
A shield do ye extend
To the travelling woe,
And violent exertion through grief.
And inflaming through fury
Between heaven and earth.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

Pleasant, the word that utters the Trinity;
Also pleasant, extreme penance for sin.
Pleasant, the summer of pleasantness;
Communion with the Lord, in the day of judgment.

Book of Taliesin (1275)

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