Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Wales: Menai, the Strait | | The Battle | | Owain Gwynedd (c. 1100–1170) |
| | Translated by Thomas Stephens
THE RAVENS croaked, and human blood, | |
| In ruddy flood, poured o’er the land; | |
| Then burning houses war proclaimed, | |
| Churches inflamed and palace halls; | |
| While sheets of fire scale the sky, | 5 |
| And warriors cry, “To battle!” | |
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| They clearly heard the conflict’s roar | |
| On Menai’s shore, from Seiont’s fort. | |
| Three hundred ships, so heroes say, | |
| The third of May, were set on fire. | 10 |
| Ten hundred times as many fled, | |
| And not a beard stayed on Menai. | | | | |
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