Edwin Muir's poem "Merlin" is reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd., from the Collected Poems, 1921-58.
Thepoemon page 241 is a free translation of verses appearing in Barzaz Breiz; Chants Populaires de laBretagne , by the Vicomte de la Villemarqué (Paris, 1867).
The Legend of Merlin is based on the translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain which was first published in the Everyman's Library, Vol. 577, by J. & M. Dent in 1912.