sentences:  His works included well-known lyrics such as "Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn" (Watching the Wheat), and "Mae Robin yn Swil" (Robin is Shy).His bardic name is derived conventionally from the place of his birth, but probably refers also to Talhaearn Tad Awen, a noted 6th-century Welsh poet.Although he was accepted into Gorsedd y Beirdd in Bala in 1869, he is known to have failed several times to win the chair at the Eisteddfod.