Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG OF CALDEY (TO THE PRIOR AND BENEDICTINE BRETHREN ON THE ISLAND), by ARTHUR GLYN PRYS-JONES Poet's Biography First Line: The red roofs of caldey are gleaming in the sun Last Line: That the glory of the land they love shall never pass away. Subject(s): Caldey Island, Wales; Peace; Tides; Travel; Wales; Journeys; Trips; Welshmen; Welshwomen | ||||||||
I THE red roofs of Caldey are gleaming in the sun, And Caldey sands grow golden as the long days run; And there is peace in Caldey, for there comes on every side The singing and the laughter and the calling of the tide. II White gulls are wheeling in the warm, spring sky, And brown sails swaying as the boats swing by, And high upon the cliff-lands amid her courtier trees There sits the Queen of Pembrokeshire enthroned above the seas. III And the ocean pays her homage, and the rocks and all the isles, Carmarthen nods across the bay, and far Glamorgan smiles, And she holds them by their heartstringsohshe keeps their love in thrall But her beauty is for Caldey, and shy Caldey takes it all. IV And to Caldey men have wandered since the far, forgotten years Seeking wisdom, seeking heaven, seeking solace from their tears; And on Caldey men have sought the Grail and seen it in the West Shining like the isles of sunset where the heroes are at rest. V And on Caldey men seek quiet, and they built a house of prayer Where all may hear the praise of God for ever rising there, And there a silver altar blooms, and there they surely pray That the glory of the land they love shall never pass away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANTICHRIST, OR THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM; AN ODE by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON WALES VISITATION by ALLEN GINSBERG WELSH INCIDENT by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES THE BARD; A PINDARIC ODE by THOMAS GRAY THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN: A FRAGMENT by THOMAS GRAY WELSH LANDSCAPE by RONALD STUART THOMAS A BALLAD OF GLYNDWR'S RISING by ARTHUR GLYN PRYS-JONES A HYMN FOR ST. DAVID'S DAY (TO THE MEMORY OF SIR OWEN M. EDWARDS) by ARTHUR GLYN PRYS-JONES |
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