Since Merlin is currently one of my favorite TV shows, perhaps it is time to post a reference to Sir Walter Scott's "Bridal of Triermain." One year before he started his run of Waverley novels, Scott published his tale of a maiden placed in a deep sleep by Merlin 500 years ago. This Sleeping Beauty, however, has a knight who seeks to rescue her. As long as the Arthur legend continues to have its appeal, the Book Wraith cannot claim this modest bit of poetry. Have you read it?
Definitely shorter than an opera by Wagner, so I will free some of your time and provide a link to an awesome chorus of Grail Knights at the end of this scene from Parsifal:
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I have not read this Scott work. I am familiar with the Parsifal music. It is quite lovely. Is the Scott work as lovely in words as the Parsifal is in music?
I am listening to it now on my MP3 player. A download is available http://archive.org/details/Triermain which I am using since my 1830 set of Scott's poetry is great to look at but I can't carry around in my book bag.
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