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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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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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INTRODUCTION
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LOVE IS ENOUGH; OR, THE FREEING OF PHARAMOND
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POEMS BY THE WAY
  
FROM THE UPLAND TO THE SEA
  
OF THE WOOING OF HALLBIORN THE STRONG
  
ECHOES OF LOVE'S HOUSE
  
THE BURGHERS' BATTLE
  
HOPE DIETH: LOVE LIVETH
  
ERROR AND LOSS
  
THE HALL AND THE WOOD
  
THE DAY OF DAYS
  
TO THE MUSE OF THE NORTH
  
OF THE THREE SEEKERS
  
LOVE'S GLEANING-TIDE
  
THE MESSAGE OF THE MARCH WIND
  
A DEATH SONG
  
ICELAND FIRST SEEN
  
THE RAVEN AND THE KING'S DAUGHTER
  
SPRING'S BEDFELLOW
  
MEETING IN WINTER
  
THE TWO SIDES OF THE RIVER
  
LOVE FULFILLED
  
THE KING OF DENMARK'S SONS
  
ON THE EDGE OF THE WILDERNESS
  
A GARDEN BY THE SEA
  
MOTHER AND SON
  
THUNDER IN THE GARDEN
  
THE GOD OF THE POOR
  
LOVE'S REWARD
  
THE FOLK-MOTE BY THE RIVER
  
THE VOICE OF TOIL
  
GUNNAR'S HOWE ABOVE THE HOUSE AT LITHEND
  
THE DAY IS COMING
  
EARTH THE HEALER, EARTH THE KEEPER
  
ALL FOR THE CAUSE
  
PAIN AND TIME STRIVE NOT
  
DRAWING NEAR THE LIGHT
  
VERSES FOR PICTURES
  
FOR THE BRIAR ROSE
  
ANOTHER FOR THE BRIAR ROSE
  
THE WOODPECKER
  
THE LION
  
THE FOREST
  
POMONA
  
FLORA
  
THE ORCHARD
  
TAPESTRY TREES
  
THE FLOWERING ORCHARD
  
THE END OF MAY
  
THE HALF OF LIFE GONE
  
MINE AND THINE
  
THE LAY OF CHRISTINE
  
HILDEBRAND AND HELLELIL
  
THE SON'S SORROW
  
AGNES AND THE HILL-MAN
  
KNIGHT AAGEN & MAIDEN ELSE
  
HAFBUR AND SIGNY
  
GOLDILOCKS AND GOLDILOCKS
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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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THE END OF MAY

How the wind howls this morn
About the end of May,
And drives June on apace
To mock the world forlorn
And the world's joy passed away
And my unlonged-for face!
The world's joy passed away;
For no more may I deem
That any folk are glad
To see the dawn of day
Sunder the tangled dream
Wherein no grief they had.
Ah, through the tangled dream
Where others have no grief
Ever it fares with me
That fears and treasons stream
And dumb sleep slays belief
Whatso therein may be.
Sleep slayeth all belief
Until the hopeless light
Wakes at the birth of June
More lying tales to weave,
More love in woe's despite,
More hope to perish soon.
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