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The Collected Works of William Morris

With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris

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Now a long way over the sea-flood they went ashore on a day
And fought with a mighty folk-king, and overcame at last:
Then wide about his kingdom the net of steel they cast,
And the prey was great and goodly that they drave unto the strand.
But a greedy heart is Gudrod, and a king of griping hand,
Though nought he blench from the battle; so he speaks on a morning fair,
And saith:
“Upon the foreshore the booty will we share
If thou wilt help me, fellow, before we sail our ways.”