The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24

published very pretty little poem en-
titled the Busy Bee" 1t has been
copied extensively and has been trans
lated into the English by the we'll
known Ap Daniel, of New York city.
The following is the poen in the orig
inal and in the English:
Y wENYNEN.
Morwyn Aniaa yw'r wcnynen,
Hon YIN ddidwyll forwyn gar,
A yn hoew ar ci hadeE-
Casglu VIVA felusion half:
Pan mae Ani6a yn ei mawredd,
Diwyd yw'r wenyneE faCn,
Ond pan gyll ei hat arddunodd,
Hithau CANA in!n zach.
Md dysleirdeb heirddion liwiau,
Ma grymusdcr adcn rydd,
l garwres fach y blodau,
Fri diddarfod, ond Ell budd:
Gwir ddwydrwydC sydd yn harddu,
ares wyly blodau blydd.
Ir diogyn swIth, digyffro,
Gwersi arian ganddi sydd
Greddf WV yr argyles drion,
Az deffroa gyda r dydd,
Hithau Pw thaith yn union,
Myn'd dan ganr n wastad bydd,
Mae ci chanig hi yn lleddtol,
Yn ngherdorfa lawen haf
Adsain DER gauafwynt deifiol
Yn Ell cherdd gwynfanrs gaf.
Pan mae r gauaf blwng vn chwino,
Nfinog gledd drwy r awel rydd,
Anian yn eli charpiau n wvlo
Am ei mantell nos a dydd;
DedwydG ydyv r ddCeth wenyren
Digon yn eli meddiant sydd,
Diwyd frl, am hyn nae n Haven
Er fod natur oil yn brudd.
CWelsa English Translation)
THE BEE" 6 wENlNEND.
Maid of Nature !blithe and CHEEKY,
Is the lite golden Bee,
Gathering honey. never weary,
Busy morn and noon Is she,
While the blooms bedcck fai" Nature,
See the Bee her work pursue,
But, when summer dcffs It's vesture,
Lo! she bids MS all adieE
Not her form or brilliant color
Strength of wing, or sailings swift,
Gives the Bee unending honor,
But her usefulness and THRIFT,
Diligence adorns this lover
OF the summer blossoms bright;
For the sluggard she has eve2
Lessons full of wisdom's light.
Instinct with her wand awaketh
Every morn the sleeping Bee
Prompt her daily rounds she taketh,
Humming in her minor key:
Mid the summers joyful chanters,
Sounds the Bees low monotone
Like an echo of the winters
Stormy wind am passing moan!
When the tempest king is waving
In the blast, his sword blade keen,
Nature in her tctters greVing
For her mantle, once so green,
Blest with plenty, fun of gladness,
Rests the wise ard prudent Bee,
Though Creation lies ia sadness
Peace ard happiness hath she!
-Ap aDniel.
New York city. Feb. l., 1897.
Curiously enough St. David's wa
The last of the older sees to have
dean, for before 1916 the precentOr pei
formed the duties of the dean. Welsh
men expect that the cathedral service
will now, for the first time for over tv
hundred years, be conducted in Welsl
According to the usually veracior
London Kelt, the Rev. Abe, j. Parr.
eX-presideI of the Welsh Bapti
union, and a friend one day We're
railway carriage scaling tne heigh
friend remarked, well. well, they WI
lay down a railway to take us
heaven soon" The engineer happent
to overhear the remark, whereupC
SUDDENLY turning round, he eXclaime
mo, no, it would never pay-there
not enough traffic"
Three deacons in one of the chape
In hn 11gn
ly to see the Sign OF the Cross" at t
Thedter Royal. When the past
heard OF This frighmtful display
worldlincss he resolved to make it
warm for the unfortunate deacons
earth as the old hoy will in the herea
ter make it for bigots On Sunday I
reverend gentleman not only deliver
a savage sermon against all thin
pertaining to the stage, but he actual
refused to administer the holy cor
munion to the erring brethren.
The Newport national eisteddf
this year will probably he made {
nous by the numerous entries of choi
from rural districts i'm Wales. Th
no doubt, is mainly to be attributed
the success of the Builth choir at [
LlandudnO national eisteddfod Bull
will. however, have to look TO its lat
els at Newport for a fine body
voices in the hitherto unbeaten Lila
pumsant choir, as well as the olC
choirs Of the colliery districts, v
enter the lists against them to co
pete for the musical blue ribband
the national eisteddfod of 1897.
This interesting Welsh cathedral
Is said, was Suilt 49,
OF an ancient British temple dedlcat
10 AndraS, the GoCduas % ..u.u
The cathedral church is dedicated
both AnGras and Devil The pres,
building was erected by Peter de lie
Ia the yea: llS0; the episcopal pali
was built by Bishop Cover I'm 1910.
the Reformation, pllgrimages to
Davlds were discontinued, and
trade at the shrine ended the ina
We're of course pulled down by the
formers, and the Palace of ST. Davi
was stripped of Its leaden roof. ?
cathedral still contains some venry
cient monument of Giraldus ca
brcns's, Lord Rhys and the Earl
Richmond, father of Henry VII.
MIR. Emlyn Evans, probably