i love how this sounds

I'm currently reading a biography (from 1901) of Owain Glyndŵr, the leader of the last great Welsh revolt, and last true Prince of Wales. One of the stories it mentions of him is of an attack on his estate in 1401 by Lord Grey.
"...the attack upon him filled the Welshman's cup of bitterness to the brim. It was the last straw upon a load of foolish and wanton insult; and of a truth it was an evil day for Grey of Ruthin, and for his master, [King] Henry, that saw this lion hunted from his lair; and an evil day perhaps for Wales, for, though it gave her the hero she most cherishes, it gave her at the same time a decade of utter misery and clouded the whole of the fifteenth century with its disastrous effects." - "Owen Glyndwr," by Arthur Granville Bradley
It's so poetic. One would almost think it was written by a Welshman rather than an Englishman. I need to learn to write like this.
Oh, and in case you ever need to know, in Wales it is illegal to call a Welsh person English. :)