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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
  
[dedication]
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INTRODUCTION
  
THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE
  
KING ARTHUR'S TOMB
  
SIR GALAHAD: A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY
  
THE CHAPEL IN LYONESS
  
SIR PETER HARPDON'S END
  
RAPUNZEL
  
CONCERNING GEFFRAY TESTE NOIRE
  
A GOOD KNIGHT IN PRISON
  
OLD LOVE
  
THE GILLIFLOWER OF GOLD
  
SHAMEFUL DEATH
  
THE EVE OF CRECY
  
THE JUDGMENT OF GOD
  
THE LITTLE TOWER
  
THE SAILING OF THE SWORD
  
SPELL-BOUND
  
THE WIND
  
THE BLUE CLOSET
  
THE TUNE OF SEVEN TOWERS
  
GOLDEN WINGS
  
THE HAYSTACK IN THE FLOODS
  
TWO RED ROSES ACROSS THE MOON
  
WELLAND RIVER
  
RIDING TOGETHER
  
FATHER JOHN'S WAR-SONG
  
SIR GILES' WAR-SONG
  
NEAR AVALON
  
PRAISE OF MY LADY
  
SUMMER DAWN
  
IN PRISON
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A Dream.
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GERTHA'S LOVERS
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Lindenborg Pool.
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The Hollow Land.
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Golden Wings.
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Frank's Sealed Letter.
  
WINTER WEATHER
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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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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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Then spake the Wildfire's Trampler that Gunnar's image bore:
“O Brynhild, mighty of women, be thou glorious evermore!
Thou seest Gunnar the Niblung, as he sits mid the Niblung lords,
And rides with the gods of battle in the fore-front of the swords.
Now therefore awaken to life! for this eve have I ridden thy Fire,
When but few of the kings would outface it, to fulfil thine heart's desire.
And such love is the love of the kings, and such token have women to know
That they wed with God's belovèd, and that fair from their bed shall outgrow
The stem of the world's desire, and the tree that shall not be abased,
Till the day of the uttermost trial when the war-shield of Odin is raised.
So my word is the word of wooing, and I bid thee remember thine oath,
That here in this hall fair-builded we twain may plight the troth;
That here in the hall of thy waiting thou be made a wedded wife,
And be called the Queen of the Niblungs, and awaken unto life.”
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