Wales

Find me a coast where the sea rolls in

And the shingles reach down to the shore,

Where the sand is as soft as a woman’s skin

And the cliffs are the ultimate law,

Where the rock pools are hid when the tide is up

And the sky is as grey as a stone,

Where the man of the land has a plentiful cup

And there I shall make my home.

 

Find me a land where the people speak

In a strange and a colourful tongue,

Find me a land where the seagull’s beak

Looks out, to comfort its young.

Find me a land where the men can sing

So fine, it tears the eye;

Find me the land I’m yearning

For there my bones will lie.

 

Find me a cottage, thatched with straw

And find me a blue-eyed maid,

My life shall I wander by the shore

With my wife in her pretty braid;

To watch white horses galloping in

Through all the winter gales,

Find me a coast where the sea rolls in,

Find me a land called Wales…

 

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[Mark]

Find me a poet with heart so true
Matters little what topic he tries
Find me a rhythm so crystalline-hewed
It will always start tears to my eyes;

Find me such a one whose every verse
Though of subject inspiring or tragic
Each better than the last is, never one worse,
Then you've found me just one: David Paget

[Adam Lebzo -RonninWarrior-]

thank you! you spoke my heart :D

[Mark]

Just finished a biography of JRRT, where I learned that it was his reading of Welsh on the coal cars passing his Saremore home that inspired his first forays into Elvish and other created languages...with contributions from Old Norse and Finnish! The guy was incredible, particularly as he was SO disorganized and such a procrastinator, it's miraculous that he ever finished anything!

[msharma]

Excellentwrite up,skillful use of imagery, nice way of conveying the thoughts,great as always.

[Seriana]

This is a very lovely, heartwarming piece. It really drives home the comforts one feels in the simplicity of every-day living in a land they love. It made me smile and reminded me to remember my own home.
Nicely written.

[Amila Jay]

A beautiful write:-)

[joshua deathdealer]

This is incredible writing. Speaks to me.. Well done.

[Larry Dyson]

As my heritage is mostly Scots-Irish ..I truly like this write..ty

[Me]

Not bad. Not too fussy about the rhymes, but it does read with a nice flow

[Kenneth The Poet]

Yeah, you win here.

[EmpressPoetess]

Very enchanting and beautifully vivid description of Wales. Makes me want to visit!

[Nautili]

exquisite.