# Endnotes explained — The Secret Glory

> Chapter companion for The Secret Glory by Arthur Machen.

## What happens

The endnotes provide translations and contextual annotations for Welsh verses and other references in the main text, including a poem attributed to 'Taliesin' (the Reverend Owen Thomas) and a brief note on a Rabelaisian phrase and a diamond.

## Themes in this chapter

### Celtic Identity and Heritage

The endnotes include a translation of Welsh verses and reference to a collection of Cymric Antiquities, emphasizing the preservation of Celtic literary and cultural heritage.

## Key lines

> Translated from the Welsh verses quoted in the notebook.

These verses were originally written in Welsh and translated for the reader.

_Indicates the source language of the poem._

> The following translation of these verses appeared in Poems from the Old Bards, by Taliesin, Bristol, 1812:

The poem was previously published in a 1812 collection by Taliesin.

_Provides publication history for the translated verses._

> His original poetry in Welsh was reputed as far superior to his translations, and he made a very valuable and curious collection of 'Cymric Antiquities,' which remains in manuscript in the keeping of his descendants.

Owen Thomas's Welsh poetry was considered better than his English translations, and his manuscript collection of Welsh antiquities is still held by his family.

_Highlights the author's linguistic skill and scholarly legacy._

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