Y Llwynog.

                         Ganllath o gopa’r mynydd, pan oedd clych
                         Eglwysi’r llethrau’n gwahodd tua’r llan,
                         Ac annrheuliedig haul Gorffennaf gwych
                         Yn gwahodd tua’r mynydd, – yn y fan,
                         Ar ddiarwybod droed a distaw duth,
                         Llwybreiddiodd ei ryfeddod prin o’n blaen
                         Ninnau heb ysgog ac heb ynom chwyth
                         Barlyswyd ennyd; megis trindod faen
                         Y safem, pan ar ganol diofal gam
                         Syfrdan y safodd yntau, ac uwchlaw
                         Ei untroed oediog dwy sefydlog fflam
                         Ei lygaid arnom. Yna heb frys na braw
                         Llithrodd ei flewyn cringoch dros y grib;
                         Digwyddodd, darfu, megis seren.

                                                                                -R. Williams Parry.

Whenever I read this beautiful poem it transports me back to my schooldays, evoking memories of my childhood in the country.      The words are rich, the poet paints a vivid picture of nature with an acute appreciation of the wildlife and the surrounding countryside he loved so much.

R. Williams Parry 1884-1956, is one of our finest Welsh poets. He came to prominence in 1910 when he won the chair at the National Eisteddfod for his ode to summer.

Born in Dyffryn Nantlle, Caernarfonshire, he studied Welsh under John Morris Jones at the University College of North Wales in Bangor. After graduating in 1908 he went on to teach at several schools throughout Wales. He was first cousin of another of our fine poets, Sir T. H. Parry Williams.

He married in 1923 making his home in Bethesda, Caernarfonshire and became a lecturer at his own former college in Bangor, in the Welsh and Extra-Mural Departments.

Known as the "Poet of Summer", he published two volumes of poetry. Yr Haf a Cherddi eraill (1924) and Cerddi'r Gaeaf (1952).