Cymru Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDDDDDEEFFGDDD HIJJKKLL MMNNDDOODD NNBBMMPPQQ DDQQDDRRSS NNTTUUDDDD VVWWDDTT DDXXJJDDYYQQ

Dim in the mist of ages seeking a resting placeA
Broke on the shores of Britain the wave of an Aryan raceA
Clear thro the mist of ages ere ever the White Christ cameB
Songs of the Cymric singers have chanted the Brython fameB
Dark with the fate of nations and swift as a broadspear hurledC
The breath of the God of Battles swept o er the western worldC
Where are the old time peoples men of the war like frontD
From the surge of the wild Atlantic to the shores of the HellespontD
Come and gone like the breezes ebbed and flowed like the tideD
Race and feature and language are lost in that vortex wideD
Rich is thy soil O Cymru drenched with thy heroes bloodD
Where mid the changeful ons changeless thy people stoodD
Land of the birch and buckthorn home of the hoary oakE
Where the songs of Llywarch linger and the words that Merlin spokeE
Land of the tarn and torrent where broods by the rock bound springsF
The spirit of stern Cunedda the first of the Brython KingsF
Land of the mellow marshes deep valley and barren scarG
Sweet with the dreams of Cadoc and the lore of Howel DdaD
Where upon dark Pymlimmon the snowy cloudwreaths restD
Where wild Demetia s forelands spurn the billows from her breastD
Comes to the heart that loves thee under the changeful skiesH
Rich with a rhythmic measure the surge of the centuriesI
Days when the Cymric armies marching in thousands strongJ
Followed the fierce Aneurin chanting his battle songJ
Deeds of a desperate valour that turned thro the wavering yearsK
The thrust of the Roman pila the rush of the Saxon spearsK
The charge of the Norman barons met by the stern replyL
Of a land that had taught the Caesars whether her sons could dieL
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Men of the blood of Meuric of Maelgwn the leonineM
Who smile at the Saxon hierarchs who laugh at the Norman lineM
Who are sprung from the loins of hunters who followed the mighty HuN
Wherever the broad spear glittered wherever the battle grewN
Kin of the warrior princes who sank in the bloody tideD
That raged on the field at Hexham where brave Cadwallon diedD
Forget not the land that bore you Be true to the breath that fillsO
The heart of her singing valleys the heights of her storm crowned hillsO
The soul of the nation stirreth yet as it did of oldD
When the helm of the great Pendragon flamed o er his torque of goldD
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The myths of the Greek and Roman dim in the Eastward grewN
And o er the realms of Asia the banner of Islam blewN
High in the halls of honour bright on the scroll of fameB
Deep in the hearts of heroes is written great Arthur s nameB
A star on the heights of morning clear in the pearl of dawnM
It carried the White Christ s message wherever a sword was drawnM
It flashed on the heathen darkness it nursed with its golden rayP
The strength of the early Churches that grew under David s swayP
Ill shall the oak have blossomed and warped shall its branches beQ
When Britain forgets to honour the dawn of her chivalryQ
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Wherever grows Britain s glory wherever her power is feltD
Tis won by the fire that flushes the blood of the restless CeltD
Scottish or Welsh or Irish whatever the branches beQ
The Gael and the Brython together are stems of the self same treeQ
In song in battle in council by land or by stormy tideD
They move in the van of progress wherever her realms are wideD
The seed of the self same people still dwell by the Cambrian shoreR
The tramp of the Roman legions is heard on the hills no moreR
Saxon and Dane and Norman the spirit you could not quellS
Deem not it died in darkness when the last Llewelyn fellS
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Hemmed and harried and fettered ever it rose anewN
Twas first neath the Cambrian Tudors the greatness of England grewN
Now torque and lance and tarian hang high in the castle hallT
The bay of the Cymric war hound is mute neath the Roman wallT
The voice of the Seer is silent in dim vast forest aislesU
By grove and haunted streamlet no white procession filesU
Past are the days of prowess the fame of the strong right handD
But the hearts of the Cambrian peasants still cleave to the motherlandD
Still with the stern persistence that kept them a race apartD
They live for a Nation s glory they toil for a Nation s artD
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True to a high ideal never to falter nor swerveV
The fire of a strong endeavour glows thro their calm reserveV
Still to the living Present the power of the Past can reachW
The spring of a Nation s culture wells thro their pensive speechW
Burns and rises and surges thro class and order and sectD
The thirst for a wider knowledge the passion of intellectD
From the fenlands of Tremadoc to where Severn s waters fallT
The many are one with the purpose the purpose is one with allT
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Far from the Cambrian mountains far from the TivysideD
Or Penmaenmawr uplifted above the foaming tideD
Where the stars above calm Gwynant watch while the waters sleepX
Or where Conwy darts its arrow by Degannwy s rocky steepX
Far from that gloomy chasm where the weirs with thundershakeJ
And the rocks of dark Llyn Idwal frown o er the darker lakeJ
Far from the Mercian Marches where the rivers keep their trystD
Or where the corn is waving down the vale of sweet LlanrwstD
Wherever their fate may lead them wherever their footsteps fareY
The soul of the Cambrian people is free as their mountain airY
However our days may darken our dreams of that land shall beQ
As the glint of a sunbeam shining at dawn on a wintry seaQ

George Essex Evans



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