Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd)

[2] His best-known poems are perhaps Ysgoldy Rhad Llanrwst, Glan Geirionydd and Cyflafan Morfa Rhuddlan, and his hymns include Rwy'n sefyll ar dymhestlog lan and Mae 'nghyfeillion adre'n myned.

[7] Around this time he published several books on theological subjects, some original and some translations into Welsh, but they have today no great reputation.

[1][8] Evans' first successes as a poet now brought him to the notice of various gentlemen and clergymen, who suggested he seek ordination in the Church of England.

[1] His poems have in common a Stoical viewpoint and a smooth, musical, dignified style marked by clarity of language.

Some, such as his Belshazzar's Feast, are disfigured by an archaism of vocabulary and spelling which betray the influence of William Owen Pughe and are now seldom read.

[1] Others, like his cywydd Y Bedd ("The Grave") (1821), notable for its metrical ease, are counted among the finest strict-metre poems of their time.

[15] The words employ a polished style reminiscent of Isaac Watts; they are in some cases original and in others translations from the English.