Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by George Henry Borrow
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that Huw Morris was one of the columns of the Cumry.
"What a difference," said I to my wife, after we had departed, "between a Welshman and an Englishman of the lower class. What would a Suffolk miller's swain have said if I had repeated to him verses out of Beowulf or even Chaucer, and had asked him about the residence of Skelton. CHAPTER XX Huw Morris - Immortal Elegy - The Valley of Ceiriog - Tangled Wilderness - Perplexity - Chair of Huw Morris - The Walking Stick - Huw's Descendant - Pont y Meibion. Two days after the last adventure I set off, over the Berwyn, to visit the birth-place of Huw Morris under the guidance of John Jones, who was well acquainted with the spot. Huw Morus or Morris, was born in the year 1622 on the banks of the Ceiriog. His life was a long one, for he died at the age of eighty-four, after living in six reigns. He was the second son of a farmer, and was apprenticed to a tanner, with whom, however, he did not stay till the expiration of the term of his apprenticeship, for not liking the tanning art, he speedily returned to the house of his father, whom he assisted in husbandry till death called the |
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