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Can anyone solve the riddle to this question? Who are they talking about.its a famous person?
Actually im supposed to figure out who it for homework but after a lot of reaseach i cant figure it out,aso can you help me?THANX..here it goes....
As words have been spoken
in legends of old
this wondrous seer
of welsh birth behold
The latinized version of his name
we must know
held in sanctity hes not
to this day, some grow cold
For the wizened regard him
as a fraud and a curse
while some others to hold him
in reverance due history
PS: please guys if you know WHO the peom or riddle is talking about can you tell me. and if you cant figure it out and want to know the rest of the riddle please email me cuz i cant type it all in here.thanx so much
With his eyes he could see
what others could not
this cursed him and spared him
from shear trickery, then fraught
A son he did bear
with another mans wife
this mistakened identity
cost the husband his life
The child was swathed
in the cloth of a size
by wizardly his claims
then took him much higher
thats the rest and all of it i know of at the momet,thax if you helped and if you tried too
11 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
My best guess is Merlin, from the Arthurian legends:
- he was a "seer"
- his name, "Merlin" is the Latinized version of the Welsh word, "Myrddin"
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Myrddyn (Merlin).