George Parker Bidder

Merlin's Youth' is a poignant poem written from the point of view of Merlin, King Arthur's wizard, as he looks back on his lost youth. He remembers his first love, Yberha, who taught him the wizarding arts and how he lost her.

Before there was Gandalf and Dumbledore there was Merlin, the legendary adviser to King Arthur. Shrouded in the magical mist of time, Merlin is the wizard that all other wizards are measured against. Collected here in one edition are the stories and legends that inspired a tradition, including 'M...