An Epic Poem on Sir Nicholas Kemeys, the Captor and Defender of Chepstow Castle

An Epic Poem on Sir Nicholas Kemeys, the Captor and Defender of Chepstow Castle (w wersji walijskiej Arwrgerdd Syr Nicholas Kemeys, gorchfygwr ac amddiffynwr Casgwent) – poemat epicki walijskiego poety Dafydda Morgana, opublikowany w 1881. Utwór opowiada o wydarzeniach wojny domowej w Anglii w XVII wieku. Utwór jest napisany wierszem rymowanym. Jego bohaterem jest Nicholas Kemeys, znany jako obrońca zamku w Chepstow przed siłami republikanów.

Fair Chepstow’s Castle stands embattled high
Above the bosom of the winding Wye;
Grey are its towers, and stern its stony face,
As are the rocks wherein it hath its base;
Save where the clinging ivy climbs its sides
And many a scar — (by Time inflicted) — hides.
The halls, that once were filled with clang of arms —
The keep, that once re-echoed war’s alarms —
Are silent now : — the frowning turrets high
No more repeat the warder’s nightly cry —
The courts — whose floors were once by heroes trod,
Are carpeted with em’rald grassy sod.

Bibliografia

• Dafydd Morgan: An Epic Poem on Sir Nicholas Kemeys, the Captor and Defender of Chepstow Castle/Arwrgerdd Syr Nicholas Kemeys, gorchfygwr ac amddiffynwr Casgwent. Archive.org. [dostęp 2017-01-07]. (ang.).