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Ffetan Elidir ISais.
Ffetan Elidir I Sais. I The Land of my Fathers I 1. un I IT is good to be in a kind of exile for the very tears that start at a magic touch. Circumstance had taken our spirit for a time away from Wales, and had dimmed its sensibility, but War has brought it back again to its own place, and un- covered it. The supreme glamour of the land of the hills is now paramount by reason of the great glamour we have seen and felt in Babylon. The poetry of earth is never dead, and the romance of the land of our fathers is a prouder possession to some of us than all the cunning of the realms of gold. The spirit has to be grim these days; all the more welcome is a genuine vital soften- ing when it comes. It came to us in a crowded third-class railway compart- ment on a suburban train an evening or two ago. It was a casual glimpse at a book which a young soldier in khaki was reading. The carriage was full of city men and girls returning from business. All were devouring war-news. I won- dered what the young soldier was read- ing. I could see one or two lines of a poem at the bottom of his right-hand page. And 1 he line I read was Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradxvys y— I read no more, for something clouded the eyes and that third-class railway carriage on the suburban line became lit with the light that never was on land or sea but only in the heart that I knows its beloved (for certain 2. I It was sentimental, I admit but the tears were utterly sweet and real The volume was a copy of Mrs. Lloyd George's Welsh Gift Book, sold to provide comforts for Welsh Regiments at home and abroad. Professor Morris Jones edits the Welsh book, and Pro- fessor Lewis Jones the English version of it. One who runs can see how excellent their joint work is. It is a book that, on its own merit, ought to find a place in every home in Wales. It is particularly a book, as we have found, for every exile. I love to do nothing but turn over its pages and dream. It is so fresh, and beautifully printed, and rich in colour, and so romantic and so homely. Will Bryan is there, and Bran wen. I could clap my hands for that happy conjunction alone. Rhys Lewis is there, and Owen Glendower and I cannot tell you which is the greater name to me. Tom Ellis is there, and Giraldus Cambrensis and I can easily tell you which I like the better. Ceiriog is there and 0. M. Edwards NVil Hopcin and Ellis Wyn the Lady Fairy of Llyn y Fan and leuan Glan Geirionydd. I cannot say yet what others are in the Welsh copy. I hope Gwynn Jones is there, and Can y Ohwarelwr.' But I have enough in my English book for a time. I have named only a few of the heroic names. Dafydd is there, cutting a very success- ful figure in his Saxon court dress. Old Borrow introduces him in one of his happiest veins. I never thought Borrow was really so splendid until the. other day, when he tripped into my presence out of this book and glowed over Dafydd. "Ah, that Ab Gwilym he began. Yes, old lover of excellence, thou too art very excellent. Go to, Ab Gwilym," he ends, Go to thou wast a wiser and a better man than thou wouldst fain have had people believe." And I am at a loss to find modern schol- arship livelier ii; its criticism. Profess- or Lewis Jones steps up behind Borrow with two very adequate (not to say, charming) translations from Dafydd one To the Salmon the other. The Burial of the Bard, Who died of Love And the white gulls of the main shall come in their thousands to follow my hearse, and the fair trees of the forest- the wood-mice will swear to it shall be there in crowds to attend me." Morfudd is there too, but not in a very sweet dress. The simple samite of prose would have suited her better. Will Bryan is there, as large as life. Daniel Owen would have little to com- plain of in his translator. Good stuff will always translate well. There is too much point in Will's charge to Rhys on being a preacher to be lost by transla- tion "You know I'm fond of a bit of nonsense but, if you preach seriously, don't tell funny stories after getting back to the house, or some one is sure to think you a humbug. is as good reading as ever it was in the vernacular of Mold. I should like to have had more of Mari Lewis and yet, perhaps, it is better so Even Tomos Bartley might have been a little em- barassed. It was a good thing to include our one short story. The Boundary Fence has almost the whole pathos of Y Clawdd Terfyn." Mr. Dewi Williams has done himself justice, though there are one or two things, such as it was a fence in theory and not in thorns," which do not make good English prose. Falstaff killed the method long ago. For the rest, you can buy the book. As you are a patriot, you must buy it- Each version costs half-a-crown. And remember where the money goes. The Welsh Gift Book is an investment, not a subscription. Splendid, to be both. There are eighteen illustrations in the book, that are worth the money in themselves. The picture of the Clawdd Terfyn is a misfortune, but the rest are memorable. Mr. Christopher Williams can hardly be satisfied with the colour reproduction of his very vigorous Awakening of Wales," but we can see it well enough to commend its Mabinog- ion flavour. It is wrought with the pen, that fashioned Olwen and the gorgeous women of the tales. A portion of Mr. Williams' Investiture picture is reproduced also, which should prove a find to those who were present at the ceremony. The portrait studies are excellent. Augustus John is repres- ented by a fine impressionism of the mountains of Meirionydd. I have the book most often open at this page, because it easily leads me over the hills and far away 3. I It remains to tell how I took the Welsh Gift Book to an English friend of mine, and what he said. I talked to him first all about the opportunities of Welsh Literature in the past. Then I said 'Shall I read you some ? And I read Borrow's Dafydd enthusiasm. And my friend (who liked Borrow) said Yes. Very good. Borrow was a fine chap." Then I read some of the Dafydd in prose. He said again "Very good, very good indeed." Then I read some Daniel Owen, about Rhys Lewis going to school, and my friend thought is was as good as Dickens. Then I ga ve him Will Bryan then some Branwen (I was getting enthusiastic now) then some Elis Wyn then a bit of Lloyd George in as near the Lloyd George manner as possible, I finished with Nant y Mynvdd. I was in the hwyl by now, and tried to show how John Morris Jones would recite Mountain child am L and lonely. Far from home my song I sing But my heart is on the mountain With the birds amid the ling. And I gave it him in Welsh too. Then, with a little twinkle in his eye, he said Yes, you Welsh are a wonderful people. Have a cigarette Then we talked about Wales and the war. I couldn't guarantee to him that Wales had yet done her best for Britain's cause. He thought I was severe. But I reflected on the state of public opinion in Wales. It was not very active. I could not prove that either the press or the pulpit had done its coAiplete duty I could not prove that the local councils were over- enthusiastic recruiting agencies. I could not prove the parents were altogether keen on sacrificing their children I went home with mixed feelings. On the cover of the Welsh Book under my arm was a most spirited picture of Owen Glyndwr leading to battle. I went- to sleep wondering if Wales did more for Glyndwr than she is doing now for England, wondering if Wales has even yet fully realised that the spirit of Glyndwr is now the spirit of England, wondering if there is not yet much more in honour due to come from the land of my fathers in the shape of crusading elders and young men girt for war <9'1'H71t, Sail.
Apel at Ymneilftuwyr Gogledd…
Apel at Ymneilftuwyr Gogledd Cymru. MAE llythyr Arglwydd Derby wedi dwyn eill gwlad i argyfwng newydd yngIS-ii ag ymrestru fel y teimlwn y dylem fel Ymneilltuwyr apelio at ein dynion ieuainc i ymateb cydwybod i'w gwlad a'u crefydd yn y dyddiau dyfodol, Fel y gwyr pawb, yr ydym yn casau rhyfel 11 holl galon, a mwy yw ein casineb ato heddyw nag erioed ond teimlwn fod haneg erchyll y Rhyfel ofnadwy hwn ar du y gelyn a'r amcan sydd gan y gelyn mewn golwg, sef ysigo Prydain Fawr am byth, a mathru pob peth sydd annwyl gennym fel gwlad a theyrn- as, yn galw arnom i wneud pob egni ac aberth er sicrhau goruchafiaeth deg ar y galluoedd a fyn ein difetha. Ni charem weld Gorfodaeth filwrol mewn grym yn ein plith, ystyriwn y byddai hynny yn ymyryd a'n rhyddid personol ac a chymer- iad milwrol y sawl y gorchmynnid iddo ym- uno fel er mwyn gochel hyri a sicrbau buddugoliaeth ar sylfaen o wirfoddolrwydd personal, yn ogystal ag egwyddorion mawrion eraill, y dymunem ar ein dynion ieuainc i ddwys ystyried eu sefyllfa, a dangos pob parodrwydd i wneud a allant dros yr egwy- ddorion mwyaf cysegredig ganddynt hwy eu hunain a'u tadau o'u blaen. Caiff pob un a ymuna yn awr y fantais o ddewis pa adran o'r Fyddin y carai ymuno 4 hi (ni cheir hynny pan ddaw galwad nesaf y Llywodraeth); a. rhydd hyn gyfle iddynt i ymuno a'r Fyddin Gymreig ag y mae adran o honi yn awr yn gwersyllu yng Nghonwy a Kinmel Park. Bydd eu swyddogion yn v cylch hwn yn Gymry, a chant hwythau bob chwarae teg i ennill safleoedd yn y fyddin ar sail eu teilyngdod eu hunain. Gofelir are danynt gan GapJaniaid a Gweinidogion Cym-