CALEDFRYN.
Edmund O. (Edmund Osborne) Jones translation
William Williams was born at Denbigh February 6th, 1801. A weaver by trade, he showed signs of fitness for the ministry, was sent to Rotherham College, and was ordained minister of the Independent body at Llanerchymedd in 1829. He died at Groeswen, Glamorganshire, March 29, 1869. He published a volume of his poems in 1856, “Caniadau Caledfryn.”
The Cuckoo.
Dear playmate of the verdant spring, We greet thee and rejoice, Nature with leaves thy pathway decks, The woodlands need thy voice.
No sooner come the daisies fair To fleck the meadows green, Than thy untrammelled notes are heard Rising the brakes between.
Hast thou some star in yonder heights To guide thee on thy way, And warn thee of the changing years And seasons, day by day?
Fair visitant, the time of flowers, We welcome now with thee, When all the birds’ unnumbered choir Warbles from every tree.
The schoolboy on his truant quest For flowers, wandering by, Leaps as he hears thy welcome note And echoes back thy cry.
To visit other lands afar Thou soon wilt flying be; Thou hast another spring than ours To cheerly welcome thee.
For thee the hedgerows aye are green, Thy skies are always clear, There is no sorrow in thy song, Nor winter in thy year!