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!

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Loved the imagery...

[rwar ish me]

this is very nice
A well written piece.
Very nice write
Amai

[Manpreet]

Amazing dream beautifully shared with perfect blend of hope and aspiration. Amazing work!

[EMF]

Beautiful man. Simply beautiful

[patricia]

brilliant, i love south wales most of all, do a lot of studying of that area too. This was such a warm write, a home sweet home kind of thing. As always its rythm was beautiful. But most of all it was the images you brought to mind...the ultimate law of the cliffs. Straw thatched cottages. Galloping white horses.The strange and colourful tongue...the only thing it was missing was the choirs and the coal. Loved it all. Thanks.

[Elaenor Aisling]

Beautiful imagery and stunning verse. A truly lovely write.

[Kes]

This is beautiful! It's fantastic. I can't find the words...
It's amazing. Great work.

[michael.c.m]

Wondrous and lyric, yep, that's Wales. Well-crafted enjoyable read.

[Brokensoul]

A nice lyrical piece