Tal ar Ben Bodran a Cherddi Eraill (Talhaiarn)

"Mae rhai yn brysur iawn yn casglu golud, 
Drwy lafur blin a chwys y corff a'r 'mennydd: 
Pentyrru llwyth o gyfoeth yw eu gwynfyd, 
Gan ychwanegu stôr o'r môr a'r mynydd; 
Gofalu a phryderu drwy eu bywyd, 
Yn ofni colled ac yn caru cynnydd; 
Ond teimlant pan yn hen, a hurt, a charbwl, 
Mai gwagedd ac oferedd yw y cwbl."

John Jones (1810-1869) took his bardic name, Talhaiarn, from the village in which he was born, Llanfair Talhaearn in historic Denbighshire (now a part of Conwy county borough). He was one of the most popular Welsh poets of the 19th century, but also one of the most controversial due to his extravagant lifestyle, his contrarian personality and his politics.

He was a significant influence not only on his contemporaries but on the lyrical school of the early twentieth century. This selection of his poetry includes a number of his songs, which were his most famous works in his own day, but also his englynion, his translations of Burns and Byron, and the first complete publication in one volume of his major masterpiece, Tal ar Ben Bodran, one of the most striking literary works of the nineteenth century in Welsh.

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Paperback, 246pp.