title: The Song of Taliesin: Tales from King Arthur's Bard
author:  John Matthews 
description: Told in the voice of King Arthur's mythic bard, The Song of Taliesin, by John Matthews (The Winter Solstice), gathers 20 stories from Arthurian legend. The Sacred Pigs of the Isle of the Mighty, a cauldron with frightening powers, murderous lords and a giant who is responsible for the rising and setting of the sun are among the many fantastical details of these new interpretations of ancient stories. 12 b&w illus. </P><P>Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</P>
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  # Songs from Books
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Rudyard Kipling
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PREFACE
  
  
  'CITIES AND THRONES AND POWERS'
  
  
  THE RECALL
  
  
  PUCK'S SONG
  
  
  THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS
  
  
  A THREE-PART SONG
  
  
  THE RUN OF THE DOWNS
  
  
  BROOKLAND ROAD
  
  
  THE SACK OF THE GODS
  
  
  THE KINGDOM
  
  
  TARRANT MOSS
  
  
  SIR RICHARD'S SONG
  
  
  A TREE SONG
  
  
  CUCKOO SONG
  
  
  A CHARM
  
  
  THE PRAIRIE
  
  
  CHAPTER HEADINGS
  
  
  COLD IRON
  
  
  A SONG OF KABIR
  
  
  A CAROL
  
  
  'MY NEW-CUT ASHLAR'
  
  
  EDDI'S SERVICE
  
  
  SHIV AND THE GRASSHOPPER
  
  
  THE FAIRIES' SIEGE
  
  
  A SONG TO MITHRAS
  
  
  THE NEW KNIGHTHOOD
  
  
  OUTSONG IN THE JUNGLE
  
  
  HARP SONG OF THE DANE WOMEN
  
  
  THE THOUSANDTH MAN
  
  
  THE WINNERS
  
  
  A ST. HELENA LULLABY
  
  
  CHIL'S SONG
  
  
  THE CAPTIVE
  
  
  THE PUZZLER
  
  
  HADRAMAUTI
  
  
  CHAPTER HEADINGS
  
  
  GALLIO'S SONG
  
  
  THE BEES AND THE FLIES
  
  
  ROAD-SONG OF THE BANDAR-LOG
  
  
  'OUR FATHERS ALSO'
  
  
  A BRITISH-ROMAN SONG
  
  
  A PICT SONG
  
  
  THE STRANGER
  
  
  'RIMINI'
  
  
  'POOR HONEST MEN'
  
  
  'W