yn fardd ar ben hynny na ellir byth ei gael yn euog o ysgrifennu yr un llinell o farddoniaeth" ("Hwfa Môn was the creature most like a bard ever bred in Wales. But, despite that, a bard who could never be found guilty of writing a single line of poetry"). Very little of his poetic work is considered of any value today. However, had it not been for bards of his generation keeping the tradition of cynghanedd alive through those dark and unproductive days, strict meter might have fallen out of use and the revival of a golden age of cynghanedd in the 20th century might not have happened. The Gorsedd As Hwfa Môn, he is best known for his association with the National Eisteddfod of Wales and especially for his part in making the Gorsedd of Bards an integral part of the Eisteddfod's pageantry. With Iolo Morganwg and Cynan, Hwfa Môn is the second part of the triad responsible for the creation of the modern Gorsedd. In 1905 his portrait was painted by Christopher Williams wearing his Gorsedd robes as Archdruid. Marriage, death and burial He married Mrs Mary Evans, a widow, née Williams, in 1853. He retired to Rhyl in 1893, where he died on 10 November 1905. He is buried in Rhyl's municipal cemetery. References 1823 births 1905 deaths Calvinist and Reformed poets Chaired bards Crowned bards Welsh Eisteddfod archdruids Welsh Congregationalist ministers 19th-century Welsh poets