Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79.
The Battle
By Owain Gwynedd (c. 11001170)Translated by Thomas Stephens
T
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,
And warriors cry, “To battle!”
On Menai’s shore, from Seiont’s fort.
Three hundred ships, so heroes say,
The third of May, were set on fire.
Ten hundred times as many fled,
And not a beard stayed on Menai.