Elegy For Alun [Reverend John Blackwell, 1797-1840]
Alun---revered "priest, poet, literary man"---
you wrote fine verses during your life's shortened span. And, as before your tombstone, pilgrim poets pass
by, no snakes linger in that churchyard's sacred grass.
Starward
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Author's Notes/Comments:
The three terms quoted in the first line are inscribed, in Welsh, on Alun's tombstone. The last line alludes to both Genesis 3 and Vergil's Third Eclogue.