The Book of Taliesin Quotes

“I saw mighty men
On their way to battle,
I saw blood on the ground
As the swords rush forward,
The dawn's wings growing blue
As the spears took flight.”
― Taliesin, The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain

“Better a slave in Dyfed than a yeoman in Deudraeth!”
― Taliesin, The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain

“It is death's || sad sleep || that I grieve.
For the court, || and Cunedda's || shroud.
I long for || a sea inlet, || for the sea's flow,
For the herd || and hearth || I'm longing.”
― Taliesin, The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain

“From sea's wide spring || out flows the tide:
It advances, retreats, || it smashes, crushes.
The lament for Cú Roí || has distressed me;
The cold silencing, of a hard man || full of passion:
I've seldom heard || of greater misfortune.”
― Taliesin, The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain

“Waves will break over stones,
Land conquered by the sea.
[There will be] no slope nor valley,
No hill nor hollows,
Nor shelter when it freezes
And the win grows angry.”
― Taliesin, The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain