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HOWEL'S SONG.
Howel ab Einion Llygliw was a distinguished bard of the 14th century. A beautiful poem, addressed by him to Myfanwy Vychan, a celebrated beauty of those times, is still preserved amongst the remains of the Welsh bards. The ruins of Myfanwy's residence, Castle Dinas Brân, may yet be traced on a high hill near Llangollen.
Press on, my steed! I hear the swell*[1]
Of Valle Crucis' vesper-bell,
Sweet floating from the holy dell
O'er woods and waters round.
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*"I have rode hard, mounted on a fine high-bred steed, upon thy account, O thou with the countenance of cherry-flower bloom. The speed was with eagerness, and the strong long-ham'd steed of Alban reached the summit of the highland of Brân."
