Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-11-27

LLEWELLEN'S DOG.
A Ballad, Founded in Fact.
BY DR.. SOLYMAN BROWN.
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NEAR mighty Snowden's verdant base,
Within sheltering wood,
The brave, the generous Prince Of Wales,
Jewellers castle stsOd. yam&
No gnard at arms beset his gates;
The Prince was safe alone;
For. every Cambrian bosom stood, s
A bulwark Of his throne.
And deep within the castles walls .a
His heauteOus princess smiled,
As fordly to her heart she pressed
His loved-his only child.
oh! twas the home Of peace and joy,
And love without Disguise;
Such a. an angel looks upon -aE-sg +
Delighted, from the skies.
And every Welchman's bosom glowed
T" greet that Princess fair
And Snowdrn's echoes fondly named ..<
Liewelleh and his heir.
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With love of conquest fired,
Aud love of fame-tO Cambria's throne
Ambisiously sspired.
And. serried bands oi Warriors bold, .
With buckler, lance and helm,
And culver, bow and battle-axe,
Invade Llewellen's realm.
The neighing steed, the winding horn,
The neutrality-suspicious. so we'll
The dismal minsiTelsy Of Death,
Come echoihg down the dell. .. .
Llewellen gives his bugle note
To Snowdens morning breeze,
When, thick as leaves in autumn strown
Beneath the forest trees
His mountain warriors, fercsly brave,
Uaconquerably free,
Spontaneous shout, = We come! we come!
To death or victory I"
Llewellen led his war horse forth,
That snufi'd the battle, wild
When To-! in anguish at his feet
The Princess anG his child - ..
The daughter Of Northumberland
In blooming beauty there
Thus to her warrior-lOrd addressed
A mothers parting prayer. ....,-
"Llewellen! bless thy little son, -7,
Ere we forever part
Aud once again in fondness press
His mother to thy heart. 81. s.r~
1t. For have dreamed, but yestern light,
That thou vast in thy tomb,
And la wretched maniac--leit
To dsprccate my doom. -..... ....
=. And now, to battle thou shalt 60,
To come 10 US no more;
But we will haste TO visit thee,
All weltering in thy gore!"
The Chieftain Prince caressed his wife.
And fondly kissed his son
But d. ubied much il yet his thread
Of mortal life was spun.
= Fa" P.incs r-said Llewellen, bold
That h,ful dream was vain.-~
And e,e son ipus sun shall set,
III Gem bee again. .,.t
:. Ny COUNT me to her warss
Farewell son aud wife;
go to bring you victory,
Or perish "a the ST. lie -
The chei was 90 has bounding stsed, ..
And loud his bugle rang
| Ten thousand iancers. tail aud fair,
Frum turf to saddle sPrang.
Ahd twice ten thousand aIchevs siFOngs
The bow for battle drew;
As, swift ~ meet the fuemam's speaTs
The brave Llewsllen Dew.
The strife wac long on bill and plain, -.
And loud the battle shock,
| Aud Gambia met her foes that day,
Undauntet; % 4 rock. r. 49,.
But Edwards hosts were numberless
As sands upon the sea
And Wales proud Prince wac forced to yield
Reluctant victory.
Distracted. now bis warriors Aed
For refuge 10 the Wild
White he, theiE. chief, his castle sought,
To greet his wife and child.
| The sun behind the ocean isles e..
Had sunk TO his repose.
Ere brave Llcwellen's mountain clans
Had yielded TO their toes.
And straight he sought his castle gate.
And stIode It's silent halls
For Death hal hung ito pail Of black
Around his palacs walls. erT
He called--bu silence answered him
10 echoes wild and dead
A. in come sAcleRt monument rs
The mansion Of the dead. Z,
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From hall to hslI,he wandered on, f.
And sPoke FlUTinda's name go. rr-
When. moi the mother and her son
Bot weeping vassais carr. ....3
| AID, whispered that she cherished one
The partr.s OF his love-
Had LET, ,ae scenes Of mortal grief ssf
For brighter scenes above. D.. s...-.
High from her castle battlsment
The warning h"st she spied.
And when psOad Edward Won the day,
She slckeped, awoOned and died.
He found the clay-cold form che left,
In dleamless plumbers laid
sTwas ell that death could take from her,
So late An Angel made.
He kissed those lips forever eolds
Nor yielded to despar.-
But raised tine eve Of faith 10 heaven
And saw FloEinda lhere.