Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century by Edmund O. Jones
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DEWI. Do you know--have you seen--my sweet Dolly, Who pastures her flocks on Eryri? Her eyes like a dart, Have pierced my heart, Oh, sweeter than honey is Dolly. HYWEL. Oh, yes, I know well your sweet Dolly, Whose cot's at the foot of Eryri, No tongue upon earth Can tell of her worth, So lovely, so winning is Dolly. For tender and bashful is Dolly, Not fairer nor purer the lily, No name under heaven So fitly is given For the harpist to sing of as Dolly. DEWI. Not tender, not tender to Dewi! No maiden so cruel as Dolly! With many a tear I beseech her to hear, |
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