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WELSH MELODIES.

Bid them haste with those strains of the lofty and free,
Which shall float down the waves of long ages to be.
    Sheath the sword which hath given them unperishing themes,
And pour the bright mead, let the wine-cup foam high,
That those may rejoice who have fear'd not to die!