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The Collected Works of William Morris

With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
Morris, William (1834-1896)

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VOLUME I THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE AND OTHER POEMS
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VOLUME II THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON
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THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON
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BOOK I JASON, HAVING GROWN UP TO MANHOOD IN THE WOODS, IS WARNED OF WHAT HIS LIFE SHALL BE.
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BOOK II JASON CLAIMS HIS OWN: PELIAS TELLS ABOUT THE GOLDEN FLEECE: JASON VOWS THE QUEST THEREOF.
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BOOK III THE ARGONAUTS CALLED TOGETHER.
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BOOK IV THE QUEST BEGUN: THE LOSS OF HYLAS AND HERCULES.
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BOOK V THE DEATH OF CYZICUS: PHINEUS FREED FROM THE HARPIES.
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BOOK VI THE PASSAGE OF THE SYMPLEGADES: THE HEROES COME TO ÆA.
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BOOK VII JASON FIRST SEES MEDEA: THE MAGIC POTION OF MEDEA.
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BOOK VIII THE TAMING OF THE BRAZEN BULLS: THE QUELLING OF THE EARTH-BORN.
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BOOK IX THE FLEECE TAKEN FROM THE TEMPLE: THE DEPARTURE OF ARGO: THE DEATH OF ABSYRTUS.
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BOOK X ARGO CUT OFF FROM THE STRAITS: THE ENTRY OF THE RIVER: THE PASSAGE NORTHWARD.
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BOOK XI THE PASSAGE NORTHWARD CONTINUED: ARGO DRAWN OVER-LAND: THE WINTER BY THE NORTHERN RIVER.
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BOOK XII THE HEROES REACH THE NORTHERN SEA: AND PASS UNKNOWN LANDS, & SEAS WITHOUT LAND, TILL THEY COME AT LAST TO THE PILLARS OF HERCULES.
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BOOK XIII MEDEA SEES CIRCE AND HAS GOOD COUNSEL FROM HER.
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BOOK XIV THE SIRENS: THE GARDEN OF THE HESPERIDES: THE HEROES DO SACRIFICE AT MALEA.
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BOOK XV ARGO IN AMBUSH: MEDEA GOES TO IOLCHOS AND BY HER WILES BRINGS PELIAS TO HIS DEATH.
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BOOK XVI THE LANDING OF THE HEROES: JASON IS MADE KING IN IOLCHOS, AND THE ARGONAUTS GO TO THEIR OWN HOMES.
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BOOK XVII JASON AT CORINTH: THE WEDDING OF GLAUCE: THE DEATH OF JASON.
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VOLUME III, IV, V, VI THE EARTHLY PARADISE
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VOLUME VII THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG. THE STORY OF THE VOLSUNGS AND NIBLUNGS
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VOLUME IX LOVE IS ENOUGH. POEMS BY THE WAY
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VOLUME X THREE NORTHERN LOVE STORIES. THE TALE OF BEOWULF
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VOLUME XII THE STORY OF SIGURD THE VOLSUNG AND THE FALL OF THE NIBLUNGS
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VOLUME XIV THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS. THE STORY OF THE GLITTERING PLAIN
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VOLUME XV THE ROOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS
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VOLUME XVI NEWS FROM NOWHERE. A DREAM OF JOHN BALL. A KING'S LESSON
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VOLUME XVII THE WOOD BEYOND THE WORLD. CHILD CHRISTOPHER. OLD FRENCH ROMANCES
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VOLUME XXI THE SUNDERING FLOOD. UNFINISHED ROMANCES
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VOLUME XXIV SCENES FROM THE FALL OF TROY AND OTHER POEMS AND FRAGMENTS

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[“Now make I no battle-field]

[Grettir.]
“Now make I no battle-field
With the searching stems of shield.
Rife with danger is my day,
And alone I go my way:
Nor shall I go meet, this tide,
Odin's storm, but rather bide
Whatso fate I next may have;
Scarce, then, shalt thou deem me brave.
“Thence where Thorir's company
Thronging ride, I needs must flee;
If with them I raised the din,
Little thereby should I win;
Brave men's clashing swords I shun,
Woods must hide the hunted one;
For through all things, good and ill,
Unto life shall I hold still.”

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