Oh, I prayed she might send me a message;
But nought the sweet missive will bring:
The breath of the morning, the sunlight,
The carol of birds on the wing,
Come to gladden my heart with their gladness;
But joyless and tuneless each seems;
And the only sad joy that is left me
Is to live with my dearest in dreams.
"MEWN COF ANWYL." (_a_)
The above words, wrought in imperishable flowers, were placed on the
coffin of the late Mr. John Johnes, of Dolaucothy, at the time of his
interment at Cayo, by his youngest daughter, to whom the following
elegiac stanzas are respectfully inscribed.