A Celtic Psaltery

'A Celtic Psaltery' is a beautiful collection of religious and serious poetry translated from Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh sources. Author Alfred Perceval Graves has meticulously preserved the metrical form and character of each poem, showcasing the cheerful spirituality, open-air freshness, and occasional humor of early Irish religious poetry. The Welsh section of the anthology offers a range of free and strictly metered verse, including works by celebrated writers like Huw Morus and Sion Cent. Here's an excerpt from one of the Irish poems, 'The Isle of the Happy': "A branch I bear from Evin's apple-trees / Whose shape agrees with Evin's orchard spray / Yet never could her branches best belauded / Such crystal-gauded bud and bloom display."