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'In the Matter of Penderyn'15II.Report from the Governor16III.The Captain's Document17On Mynydd Epynt18Henry VIII,of Ignoble Memory19Requiem for Patriots20'Saint Fagan Fight'21The Trap of History22Mariners23Penyberth,193624Fighter25The Nationalists26The Governors27Late Signal28Meditation in a Time of Frivolity29Havana,Glam.30The Attack on Tredegar31Last Rites32Enigma of Welshness33The Patriotic Dialogues34Phases of LosS35The Guild Parties36Roaring Bard37The Trunk Roads38  \nOutsider?A Short Tour  \nFor the Dead ConscriptsLloyd George  \nThe Fall of SwanseaLineage  \nAn Ordinary BoyhoodSnap at Cold Knap 1938Return to the CapitalFamily SupperMatins  \nNarrative for VictimsBelow the DeriLeaving CardiffThin Testament  \nThe Glory That Was ——The North PoleVulnerable's LamentSt.Bride's-super Ely  \n39  \n40  \n41  \n42  \n434445  \n4647  \n48  \n49  \n50  \n51  \n52  \n53  \n54  \n55  \n56  \n57  \n# Acknowledgments\n\nSome of these poems have appeared in Poetry Wales,London Welshman,Country Quest,and Signet,andhave been broadcast on the BBC Welsh Home Service.","cbCaifJatNuhkNEt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifJatNuhkNEt","pdf",2350406,66,"English","# The Loss of Ancestry\n## Section I: Initial Poems\n## Section II: Narrative for Victims\n## Section III: Outsider? 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