TRANSACTIONS OF THE Cymmrodorion, OR METROPOLITAN CAMBRIAN INSTITUTION. VOL. II. ΣΩΛ London: PRINTED FOR The institution BY W. MARCHANT, 1, INGRAM-COURT, FENCHURCH-STREET; AND SOLD BY W. NEW, 11, STRAND; AND T. HUGHES, INTRODUCTION. Pennill to the air of " Ar hyd y nos."--By DR. PUGHE. Ydyw gwledd y Cymmrodorion A free translation of the above, by the late J. H. PARRY. AT a period when LITERARY INSTITUTIONS are so popular, and a feeling so fervent and generous is manifested by almost every mind towards the cultivation of general literature, the cause of one which, it is hoped, may be allowed to hold a place among the many now existing in this metropolis, under the above appellation, cannot, it is conceived, be better advocated than by craving a dispassionate attention to the perusal of its Transactions. It is not intended here to particularize the objects for the attainment of which the Cymmrodorion Institution has been founded, a detail of them having been already published in the |