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Tylwyth Teg (The Fair Folk)
Josh McInnis

Ancient British legend speaks of the Tylwyth Teg, a race of remarkable folk who were of stature greater than men, and who far excelled other men in strength and wisdom. However, they did not use their superiority to oppress men, but moved in their own circles with grace, and were seldom seen by men.

Long ago the isles waited for you
Seeking earnestly the first white sail
Bearing your folk from afar.
Over the waves you passed in twelve ships
Leaving your home in the West.
Tall you were, and fair, and proud;
Graceful, fearsome, yet laden with sorrow;
Aloof you were from the affairs of men
Petty and crude were their struggles around you
In this land which you roamed, but this world was not yours.
Were you enchanted, or human at all?
Elusive and feared, we knew you not as we should.
Suddenly you were gone, disappeared in a moment
From the shores of blessed Ynys Prydein;
No trace of your palaces or woodland homes Vanished.
Some men whispered you returned to the West
To search for your former home.
A life for a life: we remain here alone.
The land is now ours, and we fill it anew;
Hate, and tears, and worries, and blood.
And you are the remembrance in child's tales
And the haunting of woods and of hills.

Volume Two - Issue Two

Theology: Satan Loves Proof Texts - Gregory Soderberg
Science & Culture: The Cyborgs Are Coming! - Maurice Hagar
Family: Time To Eat - Robert Nash
Literature: The Da Vinci Code - Maurice Hagar
Liturgy: Liturgical Thoughts and Musical Musings - Gregory Soderberg
Poetry: Tylwyth Teg (The Fair Folk) - Josh McInnis

"There is not an inch in the entire domain of our human life of which Christ, who is sovereign of all, does not proclaim 'Mine!'…One desire has been the ruling passion of my life. One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul…It is this: That in spite of all worldly opposition, God's holy ordinances shall be established again in the home, in the school and in the State for the good of the people."
- Abraham Kuyper -

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