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!

[Miss Marie Riorden.]

"Find me a land where the men can sing
So fine, it tears the eye;"
I wish we could have society like this. I've always wanted more guys to step up and say they have a voice of their own to sing with. And I'm not talking modern rap-pop garbage that appears on the radio these days. I'm talking about voice's like Raoul's off of The Phantom of The Opera (I cannot remember the actor's name at the moment. It slips my mind.)

I really want to thank Mr. Tate Morgan for sending me to every one of these poems because all of these poems are great.
They tell a story through imagery and the ways of the mind. They make you think, and they make you look into deeper things. You weave a story so well that It's impossible not to read it once you've started.

I hope I keep getting these read requests. I look forward to them.

-Marie Riorden-

[Dayran]

A wonderful description of the landscape of wales - wind swept, solitary, cuddled by the sea. Its image wails within, waiting to be touched and discovered, for it is also home. Nice write!

[G. Marie"floating on an..]

Wow this is really an amazing write...... loved it!!!

[Rene Velez]

Great images and a well crafted call to home, an Ode to the motherland.

[J Todd Underhill]

Fine write my poetic brother, this one stands out! Your writes always do my friend.

[Brandee D. Hack]

This is a lovely work of art. It's rings beauty from the emotion that drips off of its stanza's. I really enjoyed this piece. I look forward to reading more of your work.

[Lilly]

I'd rather like to travel to Wales now...
This poem is so lovely. Expertly and eloquently written and beautiful images. Anyone would be hard-pressed to fault it in the slightest!
I must thank Tate for sending this poem my way.
This is really an amazing poem.

[Arielle Ann]

admiration of nature blended with the essence of love and beauty...you write awfully good...lots to learn and marvel :)

[roarke]

A work that discovers elegant essence in heart felt statements and a sturdy hand at confidently wielding archetype images. Wales, it is.

[Coyote Poetry]

A beautiful and powerful description of Wales. I did some travel there as a young Soldier station in Germany. I met good people and the countryside was beautiful. Thank you for the amazing poetry.
Coyote