Vivien encloses Merlin in the tree.

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. Vivien -- Illustrations

Image depicts Gustave Doré's interpretation of the end of Vivien and Merlin's story. Merlin finally gives in to Vivien's desires and tells her the charm, whereupon 'in the hollow oak he lay as dead,/And lost to life and use and name and fame.' She then leaves the forest, believing she has taken his glory for her own.

Doré, Gustave, 1832-1900

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. Vivien ; illustrated by Gustave Doré.

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

1867

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Gustave Doré Illustrations

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection