J. and C. Adlard, Printers, Bartholomew Close.

THE

MISFORTUNES

OF

ELPHIN.

BY THE AUTHOR OF HEADLONG HALL.

Unlooked-for good betides us still,

And unanticipated ill:

Blind Fortune rules the hours that roll:

Then fill with good old wine the bowl.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY THOMAS HOOKHAM,
OLD BOND STREET.

1829.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. I. THE PROSPERITY OF GWAELOD

II. THE DRUNKENNESS OF SEITHENYN

III. THE OPPRESSION OF GWENHIDWY
IV.
V. THE PRIZE OF THE WEIR

VI.

THE EDUCATION OF TALIESIN

VII. THE HUNTINGS OF MAELGON

VIII. THE LOVE OF MELANGHEL
IX. THE SONGS OF DIGANWY

X. THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF RHUN
XI. THE HEROES OF DINAS VAWR

XII. THE SPLENDOR OF CAER LLEON
XIII. THE GHOSTLINESS OF AVALLON
XIV. THE RIGHT OF MIGHT

THE LAMENTATIONS OF GWYTHNO

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