University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
The Collected Works of William Morris

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

expand sectionI. 
VOLUME I THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE AND OTHER POEMS
expand sectionII. 
VOLUME II THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON
expand sectionIII, IV, V, VI. 
VOLUME III, IV, V, VI THE EARTHLY PARADISE
expand sectionVII. 
VOLUME VII THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG. THE STORY OF THE VOLSUNGS AND NIBLUNGS
expand sectionIX. 
VOLUME IX LOVE IS ENOUGH. POEMS BY THE WAY
expand sectionX. 
VOLUME X THREE NORTHERN LOVE STORIES. THE TALE OF BEOWULF
expand sectionXII. 
VOLUME XII THE STORY OF SIGURD THE VOLSUNG AND THE FALL OF THE NIBLUNGS
expand sectionXIV. 
VOLUME XIV THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS. THE STORY OF THE GLITTERING PLAIN
expand sectionXV. 
VOLUME XV THE ROOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS
expand sectionXVI. 
VOLUME XVI NEWS FROM NOWHERE. A DREAM OF JOHN BALL. A KING'S LESSON
expand sectionXVII. 
VOLUME XVII THE WOOD BEYOND THE WORLD. CHILD CHRISTOPHER. OLD FRENCH ROMANCES
collapse sectionXXI. 
VOLUME XXI THE SUNDERING FLOOD. UNFINISHED ROMANCES
expand section 
INTRODUCTION
collapse section 
THE SUNDERING FLOOD
collapse sectionIII. 
CHAPTER III. WOLVES HARRY THE FLOCK.
  
[All grey on the bent]
expand sectionV. 
CHAPTER V. OSBERNE SLAYS THE WOLVES.
expand sectionVI. 
CHAPTER VI. THEY FARE TO THE CLOVEN MOTE.
expand sectionVII. 
CHAPTER VII. OF A NEWCOMER, AND HIS GIFT TO OSBERNE.
expand sectionX. 
CHAPTER X. OSBERNE AND ELFHILD HOLD CONVERSE TOGETHER.
expand sectionXVII. 
CHAPTER XVII. THE SLAYING OF HARDCASTLE.
expand sectionXXIX. 
CHAPTER XXIX. OSBERNE AND HIS MEN RETURN TO WETHERMEL.
expand sectionXXXVI. 
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE STAVES WHICH OSBERNE TAUGHT TO THE DALESMEN.
expand sectionXXXVII. 
CHAPTER XXXVII. OSBERNE TAKES LEAVE OF WETHERMEL.
expand section 
UNFINISHED ROMANCES
expand sectionXXIV. 
VOLUME XXIV SCENES FROM THE FALL OF TROY AND OTHER POEMS AND FRAGMENTS

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous section The Collected Works of William Morris
next section
49

So betwixt the earth and the water his son did Sigmund lay;
But lo, when he fain would follow, there was neither ship nor man,
Nor aught but his empty bosom beside that water wan,
That whitened by little and little as the night's face looked to the day.
So he stood a long while gazing and then turned and gat him away;
And ere the sun of the noon-tide across the meadows shone
Sigmund the King of the Volsungs was set in his father's throne,
And he hearkened and doomed and portioned, and did all the deeds of a king.
So the autumn waned and perished, and the winter brought the spring.
previous section The Collected Works of William Morris
next section