Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Wales: Cardiff | | Cardiff Castle | | Taliesen Williams (1787–1847) |
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OAK that grew on battle mound, | |
| Where crimson torrents drenched the ground; | |
| Woe waits the maddening broils where sparkling wine goes round! | |
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| Oak that grew on verdant plain, | |
| Where gushed the blood of warriors slain;— | 5 |
| The wretch in hatred’s grasp may well of woes complain! | |
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| Oak that grew in verdure strong, | |
| After bloodshed’s direful wrong;— | |
| Woe waits the wretch who sits the sons of strife among! | |
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| Oak that grew on greensward bourn, | 10 |
| Its once fair branches tempest torn;— | |
| Whom envy’s hate pursues shall long in anguish mourn! | |
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| Oak that grew on woodcliff high, | |
| Where Severn’s waves to winds reply;— | |
| Woe waits the wretch whose years tell not that death is nigh! | 15 |
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| Oak that grew through years of woe, | |
| Mid battle broil’s unequalled throes,— | |
| Forlorn is he who prays that death his life may close. | | | | |
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