Merlin

Mighty the Wizard/ Who found me at sunrise  Sleeping, and woke me/ And learn’d me Magic! Merlin and the Gleam ~ Tennyson

You ascribed it to allure
yet you it was who lured us
over bold, bare mountains with phantasy
and promises of spellbound visions
I, bewitched by nightly whisperings
and Romanesque expression
blushed and begged
more magic before the candle guttered
and wax went cold