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His most distinguished followers were Logau, celebrated for his Epigrams; Paul Gerhard, who, in his fine hymns, revived the force and simplicity of Luther; Flemming, a genial and thoroughly German poet, the companion of Olearius during his visit to Persia; the gentle Simon Dach, whose sorrowing notes bewail the miseries of the age.
Piloted by our dusky guide, not exactly, though, like Campbell's "Morning brought by Night," we soon reached the town, which is named after a young lady of legendary times named Tydfil, a Christian martyr, of which Merthyr-Tydvil is a corruption, and made the best of our way to the Bush Inn, where we treated our sable friend to some cwrw dach, Anglicé, strong ale; and after a hearty supper of Welsh rabbit, which Tom Ingoldsby calls a "bunny without any bones," and "custard with mustard," which, as made in the Principality, it much resembles, I took a stroll through the town.
In that rich treasury of sacred song, Hymns from the Land of Luther, is included the translation of a noble hymn by Simon Dach, O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen, "O how happy are ye, saints forgiven." That hymn beautifully illustrates this verse. It is written responsively all through. One stanza, sung upward, is the utterance from below of the pilgrim Church, longing for her rest.
The ancient litter-ature, I am sorry to confess, I sold as waste paper, at so much per pound; but to show that some lingering regard for at least two of Cambria's institutions yet reigns in this bosom, I am just about to begin upon a Welsh rabbit, and wash it down with a pitcher of cwrw dach. Of all the letters of condolence I have received since my misfortune, yours has consoled me most.
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