The Silent Eye

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… It was night, the horns of the bright moon shone,

the vault of heaven’s lights gleamed…

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From the top of a lofty mountain,

Merlin regarded the course of the stars…

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‘Guendoloena has left me in my absence,

and now clings to another man.

When tomorrow’s sun shines, I will go

and take with me the gift I promised her when I left.’

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So, Merlin went about the woods and groves

and collected a herd of stags and deer,

and he himself sat astride the largest stag…

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When day dawned he had arrived at the gates

of the place where Guendoloena was to be married.

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‘Guendoloena! Guendolena! Come!

Your presents are waiting for you!’

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Guendolena came to the gates and marvelled

at the man riding on a stag at the head of a herd of wild beasts.

Her bridegroom who was watching from…

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