Poem about Merlin and Vivien

Poem About Merlin and Vivien

It was foretold that the magician Merlin would meet a witch maiden who would betray him. Merlin met and recognised her, but still could not resist her.

Merlin’s Song

All my wisdom, all my lore, lies useless as a page

Ripped randomly from some spell book dropped by a careless mage

A hundred years of learning, a lifetime’s mental toil

Thrown aside in ecstasy, a useless clump of soil

None could match or harm me, my skill surpassed them all

And yet for you, sweet child, I fell, and I became your thrall

I knew you were my downfall, yet I ran out to greet

The dreadful fate I’d spent my life attempting not to meet.

Vivien convinced Merlin to tell her the secret of his power, and then used it against him to imprison him forever in an underground cavern.

Vivien’s Song

In an empty cavern, where no warm breeze stirs the air

Only dark and dampness may make their home in there

Powerless and destitute the ancient, fetal, lay

Far from all the comforts of love, and life and day

And up above his head, on green turf I skipped and played

The merry wanton maiden who had his prison made

Rejoicing in my power, that I had conquered then

And revenged for all my sex the arrant juggernaut of men.

By Sabreena

Merlin and Vivien