Taliesin

“I know the names of the stars from north to south.”

“I am the chief of the bards.”

“Their Lord they shall praise, Their language they shall keep, Their land they shall lose— Except wild Wales.”

“I am a wind that blows upon the sea.”

“I am a wonder whose origin is not known.”

“My lore is from the cauldron of Ceridwen.”

“I am a bridge that has been built over sixty estuaries.”

“I sing of perfect metre, which will last to the end of the world.”

“I was with my Lord in the highest sphere, On the fall of Lucifer into the depth of hell.”

“I am a path, I am an eagle, I am a coracle in the seas.”

“I am not a man of woe with a sullen muse.”

“I have been a multitude of shapes, Before I assumed a consistent form.”

“I have been a blue salmon. I have been a dog, a stag, a roebuck on the mountain.”

“I am a word in a book.”

“A serpent wondrous, with a crested head.”