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Merlin

In Our Time

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Merlin and the Black Book of Command

Gwynne Vollai was a splendid lord gathering spoils on every border. Under the red earth he is silent, the chief of the rulers of the north. Nobody's had more influence on the myth of Merlin than Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century. The black book of Command and what? Can you give us an example of one or two poems which may have included Merlin? We've lost the text of this opera, but we've remembered the are ears because they were so intense.

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