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The Collected Works of William Morris

With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris

Morris, William (1834-1896)

I.

VOLUME I THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE AND OTHER POEMS

II.

VOLUME II THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON

III, IV, V, VI.

VOLUME III, IV, V, VI THE EARTHLY PARADISE

VII.

VOLUME VII THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG. THE STORY OF THE VOLSUNGS AND NIBLUNGS

IX.

VOLUME IX LOVE IS ENOUGH. POEMS BY THE WAY

X.

VOLUME X THREE NORTHERN LOVE STORIES. THE TALE OF BEOWULF

XII.

VOLUME XII THE STORY OF SIGURD THE VOLSUNG AND THE FALL OF THE NIBLUNGS

XIV.

VOLUME XIV THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS. THE STORY OF THE GLITTERING PLAIN

XV.

VOLUME XV THE ROOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS

XVI.

VOLUME XVI NEWS FROM NOWHERE. A DREAM OF JOHN BALL. A KING'S LESSON

XVII.

VOLUME XVII THE WOOD BEYOND THE WORLD. CHILD CHRISTOPHER. OLD FRENCH ROMANCES

XXI.

VOLUME XXI THE SUNDERING FLOOD. UNFINISHED ROMANCES

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XXIV.

VOLUME XXIV SCENES FROM THE FALL OF TROY AND OTHER POEMS AND FRAGMENTS

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POEMS OF THE EARTHLY PARADISE TIME (About 1865-1870)

THE STORY OF ARISTOMENES

THE STORY OF ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

THE WOOING OF SWANHILD

IN ARTHUR'S HOUSE

WRITTEN IN A COPY OF THE EARTHLY PARADISE, DEC. 25, 1870

VERSES FOR THE MONTHS EARTHLY PARADISE

THE MOTHER UNDER THE MOULD

SAD-EYED AND SOFT AND GREY

RHYME SLAYETH SHAME

MAY GROWN A-COLD

AS THIS THIN THREAD

WHY DOST THOU STRUGGLE

O FAR AWAY TO SEEK

OUR HANDS HAVE MET

FAIR WEATHER AND FOUL

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[“Field of rings, eight men, who raise]

[Thorstein.]
“Field of rings, eight men, who raise
Din of sword in clattering ways,
Strove the good short-sword in vain
From the strong dead hand to gain;
So they ever strained and strove,
Till at last it did behove
The feared quickener of the fight
From the glorious man to smite.”