# Quote — Taliesin, The Book of Taliesin

> There will be commotions and turbulent times,
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> Seek no peace — it will not accrue to thee.
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> The Ruler of Heaven knows thy prayer.
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> From his ardent wrath thy praise has propitiated him
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> The Sovereign King of Glory addresses me with wisdom
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> Hast thou seen the dominus fortis?
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> Knowest thou the profound prediction domini?

- Author: [Taliesin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/taliesin.md)
- Book: [The Book of Taliesin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/taliesin/the-book-of-taliesin.md)
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## More from this book

> Ye have committed wickedness
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> Against the Creator.
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> A hundred thousand angels
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> Are to me witnesses,
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> Who came to conduct me
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> After my hanging,
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> When hanging cruelly,
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> Myself to deliver me
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> In heaven there was trembling
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> When I had been hung.
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> When I cried out Eli!

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> Thrice three protections,
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> Returning to the old places,
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> With a steed used to the field.

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> To my deprivation, to my sorrow, sinew was brave.
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> The world would not be if not for my offspring.
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> I am a bard to be praised. The unskilful
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> May he be possessed by the ravens and eagle and bird of wrath.

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