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"'Hafren a Wy yn hyfryd eu wedd A Rheidol vawr ei anrhydedd. Good rhyme, sir, that. I wish you would put it into Saesneg." "I am afraid I shall make a poor hand of it," said I; "however, I will do my best: "'Oh pleasantly do glide along the Severn and the Wye; But Rheidol's rough, and yet he's held by all in honour high. "Very good rhyme that, sir! though not so good as the pennill Cymraeg.
I was much diverted with this Welsh derivation of Wrexham, which I did not attempt to controvert. After we had had some further discourse John Jones got up, shook me by the hand, gave a sigh, wished me a "taith hyfryd," and departed. Thus terminated my last day at Llangollen.
The following stanza was on the stone of Jane, the daughter of Elizabeth Williams, who died on the second of May, 1843: "Er myn'd i'r oerllyd annedd Dros dymher hir i orwedd, Cwyd i'r lan o'r gwely bridd Ac hyfryd fydd ei hagwedd." which is "Though thou art gone to dwelling cold To lie in mould for many a year, Thou shalt, at length, from earthy bed, Uplift thy head to blissful sphere."
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