The master-piece of Buchanan is his La Breitheanas or Day of Judgment, which is equal in merit, or nearly so, to the Cywydd y Farn, or Judgment Day of your own immortal Gronwy Owen.
Singular that the two best pieces on the Day of Judgment should have been written in two Celtic dialects, and much about the same time; but such is the fact." "Really," said the old church clerk, "you seem to know something of Celtic literature." "A little," said I; "I am a bit of a philologist; and when studying languages dip a little into the literature which they contain." As I had heard him say that he had occasionally given lessons in the Welsh language, I inquired whether any of his pupils had made much progress in it.

"The generality," said he, "soon became tired of its difficulties, and gave it up without making any progress at all.

Two or three got on tolerably well.

One, however, acquired it in a time so short that it might be deemed marvellous.

He was an Oxonian, and came down with another in the vacation in order to study hard against the yearly collegiate examination.