Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PRYS, THOMAS (1564? - 1634) Plas Iolyn,, poet and adventurer his work as a buccaneer; but after his father's death, he resided at Plas Iolyn. He spent much of his time in London, and he gives a vivid description of life in the metropolis in his poems, e.g., ' Cywydd i ddangos mai Uffern yw Llundain.' There he squandered his money in litigation and dissipation. He was regarded as a poet of renown in his day, and his works are found in B.M. Add. MS. 14872
ROBERTS, DAVID JOHN (Dewi Mai o Feirion; 1883 - 1956), journalist, folk poet, tutor and setter of cerdd dant , where David Francis ('Telynor Dall o Feirion') lived in the early part of the 20th c. ' Dewi Mai ', in company with his contemporaries, learnt from David Francis how to set a stanza to an air and how to handle cynghanedd. After living for a time in England, he returned to Merionethshire, for a while in the neighbourhood of Bala, before settling in the town of Dolgellau. There he earned his living as a
SAMUEL, EDWARD (1674 - 1748), cleric, poet, and author examples see (a) Blodeu-gerdd Cymry, 1759; (b) Llu o Ganiadau, neu Gasgliad o Garolau a Cherddi … o Gasgliad W. Jones, Bettws Gwerfil Goch (Oswestry, 1798); (c) Eos Ceiriog, 1823; and (d) B.M. Add. MS. 14961. Sermons by him were published (Pregeth ynghylch gofalon bydol a bregethwyd yn Eglwys Llangywer, yr ail dydd o fis Mai, 1720. Ar gladdedigaeth Mr. Robert Wynne, diweddar Vicar Gwyddelwern, 1731 and
THOMAS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Mai; 1807 - 1872), poet and printer at Carmarthen. He was an ardent eisteddfodwr, and was successful in the poetry competitions at the Swansea (1846) and Carmarthen (1852) eisteddfodau. He published collections of his own poetry, Meillion Mai, 1849; Blodyn Dyffryn Tywi, 1854, and also an elementary text-book on the Welsh cynghanedd, Clorian y Bardd, 1850. In his introduction to the latter he states that the times were too difficult
TREBOR MAI - see WILLIAMS, ROBERT
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Ioan Mai; 1823 - 1887), poet him a friend of men of the calibre of Joseph Loth of the University of Rennes, and E. B. Cowell of Cambridge. He is reputed to have given the latter considerable help with his translations into English of the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym. Ioan Mai wrote many poems in the free metres, some of them for competition at various eisteddfodau, but although his unfinished essay on 'The characteristics of Welsh
WILLIAMS, MEIRION (1901 - 1976), musician , during the 1930s, and his lyrical settings of the poetry of Eifion Wyn ('Cwm Pennant', 'Mai'), Caradog Prichard ('Y Llyn'), Crwys ('Gwynfyd'), Elfed ('Pan ddaw'r nos') and George Rees ('O Fab y Dyn'), among others, are notable examples of the Welsh art song. He combined a sensitivity to words with a special gift for writing interesting accompaniments.
WILLIAMS, ROBERT (Trebor Mai; 1830 - 1877), poet the rest of his life. He had previously been instructed in the rudiments of poetic composition by Caledfryn, who was at that time a minister at Llanrwst. Trebor Mai remained a life-long admirer of Caledfryn, and in 1863 refused to support the 'Protest' against the severity of the latter's eisteddfodic adjudications. He published two volumes of verse, Fy Noswyl, 1861, and Y Geninen, 1869. He is

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