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Quotation from The Mabinogion by Anonymous (Middle Welsh)

“Although I am but little, I am highly gifted.”

Anonymous (Middle Welsh) (spoken by Taliesin)

The Mabinogion, Taliesin, trans. Lady Charlotte Guest

Portrait of Anonymous (Middle Welsh)

From the Consolation the newly found infant poet sings to Elphin, who is grieving that his weir has yielded no fish.

Citation: "Although I am but little, I am highly gifted." — Anonymous (Middle Welsh), The Mabinogion, Taliesin, trans. Lady Charlotte Guest. (id the-mabinogion-q8)

Portrait: Lady Charlotte Guest, translator of the Mabinogion, William Walker, Public domain.

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