A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



the dignified old Welfh tunes, convey to 

 our ideas, the ancient manners and convi- 

 viality of our anceflors. There are others 

 that recal back to our minds, certain inci- 

 dents which happened in ouryouth,of love, 

 rural fports, and other paftimes ; they 

 likewife excite in us a longing defire of 

 a repetition of thofe juvenile pleafures ; 

 and perhaps it is on account of thele ef- 

 fects they produce, that they are fo well 

 remembered, andcontinue to be fung with 

 fuch delight by the natives. The at- 

 tachment to national tunes, when once 

 eftablifhed, inftead of offending by re- 

 pition, is always upon the increafe. The 

 mufic, as well as the poetry of Wales, 

 derived it's peculiar and original charac- 

 ter from the genius of the country; 

 they both fprang from the fame fource ; 

 it's delightful vallies gave birth to their 

 foft and tender meafures, and it's wild 

 mountainous fcenes, to their bolder and 

 more animated tones." 



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