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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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VOLUME X THREE NORTHERN LOVE STORIES. THE TALE OF BEOWULF
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THREE NORTHERN LOVE STORIES AND OTHER TALES TRANSLATED FROM THE ICELANDIC BY EIRÍKR MAGNÚSSON AND WILLIAM MORRIS
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THE STORY OF GUNNLAUG THE WORM-TONGUE AND RAVEN THE SKALD
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THE STORY OF FRITHIOF THE BOLD
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CHAPTER V. THOSE BRETHREN COME HOME AGAIN.
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CHAPTER VI. FRITHIOF SAILS FOR THE ORKNEYS.
  
[“Oft let I swim from Sogn]
  
[“Now is the sea a-swelling]
  
[“In days foredone]
  
[“The salt waves see we nought]
  
[“Helgi it is that helpeth]
  
[“So come in the West-sea]
  
[“With love-moved mouth the maiden]
  
[“No widow, methinks]
  
[“Sharp work about the sail was]
  
[“On bolster I sat]
  
[“Yet one gain have I gotten]
  
[“Both sheets are bursten]
  
[“The red ring here I hew me]
  
[“See I troll women]
  
[“Ellidi, hail!]
  
[“No need, fair fellows]
  
[“Fast bare I up]
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CHAPTER VII. FRITHIOF AT THE ORKNEYS.
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CHAP. IX. FRITHIOF BRINGS THE TRIBUTE TO THE KINGS.
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CHAPTER X. FRITHIOF MADE AN OUTLAW.
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CHAPTER XI. FRITHIOF FARETH TO SEE KING RING AND INGIBIORG.
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CHAP. XIV. KING RING'S GIFT TO FRITHIOF.
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THE STORY OF VIGLUND THE FAIR
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THE TALE OF HOGNI AND HEDINN
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THE TALE OF BEOWULF SOMETIME KING OF THE FOLK OF THE WEDER GEATS. TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM MORRIS AND A. J. WYATT
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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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[“Both sheets are bursten]

[Frithiof.]
“Both sheets are bursten
Amid the great billows,
Four swains are sunk
In the fathomless sea.”

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