The next two are by well-known bards of the Eisteddvod,--the first by the Rev. EVAN REES (Dyfed):
'Heights of Calvary' (Pen Calfaria)--it should be noted--is a well-known refrain in a revival verse of Williams.
| 150 Calvary, with radiance glowing, Thither now I turn my face; Immortality is flowing From above in streams of grace; 'Heights of Calvary!' Build thy nest there, O my soul! | | There I hear in breezes mellow Sounds from far of heavenly themes, Learnt of yore beneath the willow On the bank of Babel's streams: 'Heights of Calvary' Join the earth to heaven's land. | | Scorchèd in the flame of burning, See the thief's uncared-for soul, At the last to heaven turning, Pitied--rescued--and made whole: 'Heights of Calvary' Shall his song for ever be. | | In the vale with shadows crowded, When I sink with sore dismay, Calvary will stand unclouded In its baptism of day: 'Heights of Calvary' Are transfigured by the cross. | | Once its summit was benighted With a cloud of wrath Divine, But Atonement's sun has lighted All the hill as mercy's shrine: 'Heights of Calvary! Never more shall night come there. | | 151 Oh, to climb in holy fancies, On my knees, this Mount of love! There I see, through tearful glances, Nothing save the cross above: 'Heights of Calvary' Make my tears a stream of peace! | |