"I will not forget these stones that are set
In a round, on Salisbury Plains
Tho' who brought 'em ther, 'tis hard to declare
The Romans, or Merlin, or Danes"
♦Walter Pope, The Salisbury Ballad, 1676
Some scholars insist that Merlin lived only in mythic imagination,
Wise minds say Myrrdin, the 6th century sage, is the root magician.
Ⓒ The Susan Eleanor Boulet Trust (illustration)
Ⓒ Text copyright James A. Swan