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Thy innocent, cheerful, eve's dance on the green,

Now rarely delights—but a barbarous scene

Of jumping fanatics, whose dolorous yell

Remind of the fabled vile orgies of hell;

The frantic enthusiast's rant is preferred

To the minstrel's sweet song once gratefully heard,

That enamoured the youth of the hero's renown,

Or divested the maid of the vestal's cold frown—

Vernacular melodies! tending to move

The soul to th' enchantment of innocent love—

Oh sinless delights! that the saints of these times

Brand with the false appellation of crimes;

Sour bigots detested! whose ignorant rage

Recalls the dark gloom of a rude iron age!

From: Welsh Minstrelsy: Containing the Land Beneath the Sea, or Cantrev Y Gwaelod, a Poem in Three Cantos; With Various Other Poems, by Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn Prichard. Published 1825.

Pretty strong words..

Description

Thy innocent, cheerful, eve's dance on the green,

Now rarely delights—but a barbarous scene

Of jumping fanatics, whose dolorous yell

Remind of the fabled vile orgies of hell;

The frantic enthusiast's rant is preferred

To the minstrel's sweet song once gratefully heard,

That enamoured the youth of the hero's renown,

Or divested the maid of the vestal's cold frown—

Vernacular melodies! tending to move

The soul to th' enchantment of innocent love—

Oh sinless delights! that the saints of these times

Brand with the false appellation of crimes;

Sour bigots detested! whose ignorant rage

Recalls the dark gloom of a rude iron age!

From: Welsh Minstrelsy: Containing the Land Beneath the Sea, or Cantrev Y Gwaelod, a Poem in Three Cantos; With Various Other Poems, by Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn Prichard. Published 1825.

Pretty strong words..