Welsh Journals

Y BEDD.* Nox est perpetua una dormienda.Catullw. Y bedd, ddu annedd unig, ynot ti Is tawel ywen frig, mae huno mwyn Angof a ddaeth ar ing fu ddig, a chwyn Arefi bob ryw ryfig nid oes gri A gyrraedd trwy dy gaerau, mwy na si Man son yr awel frau ym mrig y llwyn Ni wyr dy dduon oriau unrhyw swyn Na hwyl a bair fwynhau ein horiau ni Cariad nid yw yn curo dan y fron, Nid edwyn frad a fo yn d'angof maith Drwg wyr ni odrig yno, Ueddf na Uon, Un dawn nid oes dan do yr argel Uaith Dim,oni roed mai yn yr adwy hon Y daw ar ddyn freuddwyd nad edrydd iaith I T. Gwynn Jones. THE GRAVE. 0 grave, they know who in thy darkness lie, Beneath the yew's calm shadow, softest sleep Sorrow is there drowned in oblivion deep The proud port thou abatest not a cry Can storm thy fortress walls, nor any sigh Of sudden winds that through the branches creep No tryst with such delights thy dark hours keep As make our daylight hours in joy go by. No trouble of love's fevered pulse they know, Nor hate's, who in thy vast oblivion dwell, No sad satiety, of lust or mirth No gifts receive, shut close in mouldering earth Nothing-unless it be thy caverns show, Found beyond hope, dreams that no tongue can tell. Trans, by H. Idris Bell. *By permission of the Editor of Y Beirniad." THE KINGDOM OF GOD.* I sought for God, by all means, everywhere; Through creed of man, by Litany and prayer. Through weary nights and days, by plea and cry, Sought without finding faithless, hopeless I. Till, as a baffled bird with broken wing, My soul returned from fruitless journeying. When, at faith's ebb, a sudden message burned- Within, and not without, God is discerned. Look deep, within thyself. There find thy goal For ever shrined-God within thy soul." Edith Dart. Crediton, Devon. TEYRNAS DDUW. Bob modd, bob man, yn ddyfal ceisiais Dduw; Chwiliais, i grai, gredoau dynol ryw. Drwy gri ac ymbil, ddydd a nos yn flin, Ceisiais heb gael, ddi-ffydd, ddiobaith un. Nes, fel aderyn syfrdan, briw, y daeth Fy enaid nol, o'i ofer wibio'n waeth. A ffydd ar ddiffodd, fflamiodd neges fyw- 0 fewn, nid allan, y canfyddir Duw Yn ddwfn, i'th hunan, gwel. Cei yno'th nod Mewn bythol deml-Duw yng nghraidd dy fod." Aberdawe. Cyf. RMJL. *By permission of the Author and of The Daily Chronicle."