bwa

Updated: June 25, 2025

And now thou art awaiting Morfydd, the wanton, the wife of the Bwa Bach; thou art awaiting her beneath the tall trees, amidst the underwood; but she comes not; no Morfydd is there. Quite right, Ab Gwilym; what wantest thou with Morfydd?

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

Quite right, Ab Gwilym; thou hadst no need of her, a better theme for song is the voice of the Lord the rock shatterer than the frail wife of the Bwa Bach. Go to, Ab Gwilym, thou wast a wiser and a better man than thou wouldst fain have had people believe. But enough of thee and thy songs!

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

By whom dost thou send it, I would know? by the salmon forsooth, which haunts the rushing stream! the glorious salmon which bounds and gambols in the flashing water, and whose ways and circumstances thou so well describest—see, there he hurries upwards through the flashing water. Halloo! what a glimpse of glory—but where is Morfydd the while? What, another message to the wife of Bwa Bach?

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

And now thou art awaiting Morfydd, the wanton, the wife of the Bwa Bach; thou art awaiting her beneath the tall trees, amidst the underwood; but she comes not; no Morfydd is there. Quite right, Ab Gwilym; what wantest thou with Morfydd?

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest