The River Rhyadr. From the Welsh. Wales: Rhyadr, the River. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. 1876-79. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes. England: Vols. I-IV

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79.

Wales: Rhyadr, the River

The River Rhyadr

From the Welsh


Translated by George Barrow FOAMING and frothing from mountainous height,
Roaring like thunder, the Rhyadr falls;
Though its silvery splendor the eye may delight,
Its fury the heart of the bravest appalls.