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Read by Richard Mitchley, Sian Phillips & Angharad Rees (Unabridged: 1hr 38mins)
Featuring poems by Wilfred Owen, John Dyer, Henry Vaughan & others.
It comes as no surprise to the average Welsh person that their culture continues to thrive despite centuries of seeming servitude to the English. Wales, exemplified by the symbol of the Welsh dragon, is a small proud nation of many talents, large imaginations and even bigger hearts.
Saint David's Day, or the Feast of Saint David falls on the 1st March each year on the anniversary of his death in 589 AD. The feast has been regularly celebrated since his canonisation in the 12th century.
Traditional festivities include wearing the symbols of Wales and St David; daffodils and leeks, eating the National dish of cawl, a thick heartwarming soup, as well as the classic Welsh rarebit, and parades throughout the day featuring the traditional dress.
The pride in its culture and history is keenly felt and in this volume the poets of Wales through the ages bring verse that fortifies and uplifts the soul of a nation and its much admired literary merits.
In this compilation -
| 1 - St David's Day - A Holiday in Verse - An Introduction |
| 2 - Grongar Hill by John Dyer |
| 3 - Home, Fair Was The Morning Fair Our Tempers by Edward Thomas |
| 4 - The Waterfall by Henry Vaughan |
| 5 - Sweet Empty Sky of June by Henry Vaughan |
| 6 - from Chepstow - A Poem - Tinturn Abbey by Edward Davies |
| 7 - The Grey Steed by Gwerfyl Mechain |
| 8 - The Fox by Robert Williams Parry |
| 9 - On a Mountain Tumulus by Dafydd ap Gwilym |
| 10 - Llyn Y Gadair by T H Parry-Williams |
| 11 - Plynlimmon by Lewis Glyn Cothi |
| 12 - The Kingfisher by W H Davies |
| 13 - In May by William Henry Davies |
| 14 - Cock Crow by Edward Thomas |
| 15 - All Day It Has Rained by Alun Lewis |
| 16 - from Education In Wales by Rowland Williams |
| 17 - Here's the Life I’ve Sigh’d For Long by Iolo Goch |
| 18 - The Depression by David Gwenalt-Jones |
| 19 - The Wind's Lament by John Morris-Jones |
| 20 - In Praise of Wales by Talhaiarn |
| 21 - Praise of a Girl by Huw Morus |
| 22 - A Fleeting Passion by William Henry Davies |
| 23 - Song of the Worker's Wife by Alice Gray Jones |
| 24 - from The Happy Farmer by Iolo Morganwg |
| 25 - Miners by Wilfred Owen |
| 26 - This Poor Man by William John Gruffydd |
| 27 - Old Man by Edward Thomas |
| 28 - Wondrous Sight For Men by Ann Griffiths |
| 29 - Has Your Soul Sipped by Wilfred Owen |
| 30 - Faith by George Herbert |
| 31 - Apologia Pro Poemate Meo by Wilfred Owen |
| 32 - Exposure by Wilfred Owen |
| 33 - War by Hedd Wyn |
| 34 - There's An Open Door by Ann Griffiths |
| 35 - The Immovable Covenant by Hugh Derfel |
| 36 - The Black Spot by Hedd Wyn |
| 37 - Expecting The Lord by Ann Griffiths |
| 38 - Church Monuments by George Herbert |
| 39 - A Flower Sunday Lullaby by Eiffion Wynn |
| 40 - Virtue by George Herbert |
| 41 - Hymn XLI by William Williams Pantycelyn |
| 42 - Song to Mead by Taliesin |
| 43 - The Owl Disturbs the Bard's Sleep by Dafydd ap Gwilym |
| 44 - The Perishing World. From 'The Sleeping Bard' by Elis Wynn |
| 45 - Lullaby by Roberty Bryan |
| 46 - The Fold of the Bards Book of Taliesin |
| 47 - from Arthur's Passing by Thomas Gwynn Jones |
| 48 - An Elegy on the Death of Llywelyn ab Gruyffyd by Gruffydd ap Yr Ynad Coch |
| 49 - In Memory of Mair Eluned by T Marchant Williams |
| 50 - Goodbye by Alun Lewis |
| 51 - Friends Departed by Henry Vaughan |
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