Rhys Prichard

Welsh writer

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In Celtic literature: Welsh literature in the 17th century
…version of the Psalms and Rhys Prichard’s Canwyll y Cymry (1646–72; “The Welshman’s Candle”), both written in so-called free meters. Prys’s Psalter contained the first Welsh metrical hymns. Prichard’s work consisted of moral verses in the meters of the old folk songs (penillion telyn). Many other poets wrote in these…
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