Walter Savage Landor:
a writer and poet
He visited Llanbedr in 1832 and
wrote the following to his sister:
"Llanbedr is really in all respects
the most delightful place I ever was in.
Magnificent trees,
The richest valley in the world
The most varied hills
with lofty mountains
not too near nor too far."
Leigh Hunt,
an essayist and poet
He visited Llanbedr in 1832 and
wrote this poem
Quitting dear friends with homeward care
In the sweet land that held the Druid,
I touched at thee, Llanbedr fair,
Thou lily of the Vale of Clwyd.
Gardens I saw, home's fringes bright; -
A homestead church, and pastoral valleys,
And mountains green of gentle might,
Luring ascent with leafy alleys.
A page from out a poet's book
It was, - choice Nature's own adorning, -
A landscape worth an angel's look, -
A smile of God on Eden's morning.
Oh, sweet are fair Llanbedr's slopes,
Its mansion rich, its manners even:
But man's a world of boundless hopes,
Whose heart contains both earth and heaven.