 | 1829 - 682 pages
...humour, we must leave him with our readers. The following is the ' War-Song of Dinas Vawr*:— ' The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are...On Dyfed's richest valley. Where herds of kine were brousing, We made a mighty sally, To furnish our carousing. Fierce warriors rushed to meet us; We met... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - Fiction - 1829 - 260 pages
...all the appetencies, tendencies, and consequences of military glory : THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAWR. The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are...On Dyfed's richest valley, Where herds of kine were brousing, We made a mighty sally, To furnish our carousing. Fierce warriors rushed to meet us ; We... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1829 - 274 pages
...glory : THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAWR. The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are i'atter ; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter....On Dyfed's richest valley, Where herds of kine were brousing, We made a mighty sally, To furnish our carousing. Fierce warriors rushed to meet us; We met... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - English literature - 1837 - 684 pages
...imitate. The rhymes are also more felicitous, and the measure and grammar less objectionable. " The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are...therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. We planned an expedition : • We met a host, and quelled it; We took a strong position, And killed the... | |
 | Law - 1842 - 536 pages
...is chiefly directed. The chorus of the heroes of Dinas Vawr is the tale common to the period. " The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are...a strong position, And killed the men who held it. # '* * * * * " We brought away from battle, And much their land bemoaned them, Two thousand head of... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...the flown — Way for the bier — make way ! MRS. IIEMANSLXXXVIL— THE WAR-SONG OF DIN AS VAUR. TUB mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter; We therefore deemed it raeeter To carry off the ktter! We made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it ; We forced a... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Recitations - 1858 - 450 pages
...flown — Way for the bier — make way ! LXXXVU.— THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAUE. THE mountain sheep ore sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter ; We therefore...Where herds of kine were browsing, We made a mighty Bally To furnish our carousing. Fierce warriors rushed to meet us ; We met them and o'erthrew them... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. ALFBED TENNYSON. THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAWR. THE mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are...made an expedition ; We met a host, and quelled it ; AVe forced a strong position, And killed the men who held it. On Dyfed's richest valley, Where herds... | |
 | 1927 - 594 pages
...author or of the poem have quoted the lines: The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley ¿heep are fatter; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. Religion WAS JESrS INFLUENCED BY BUDDHISM? A Comparative Study of the Lives and Thoughts of Gautama... | |
 | Literature - 1875 - 1012 pages
...henceforth to be accessible in every library. " The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep arc fatter, We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off...a strong position And killed the men who held it. " We brought away from battle (And much their land bemoaned them) Two thousand head of cattle And the... | |
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The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter ; We therefore deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. 
