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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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INTRODUCTION
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The Earthly Paradise
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III
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SEPTEMBER
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OCTOBER
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NOVEMBER
  
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THE STORY OF RHODOPE
  
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THE LOVERS OF GUDRUN
  
OF HERDHOLT AND BATHSTEAD
  
THE PROPHECY OF GUEST THE WISE
  
GUDRUN TWICE WEDDED, WIDOWED, AND WOOED OF KIARTAN
  
THE DEALINGS OF KING OLAF TRYGGVISON WITH THE ICELANDERS
  
BODLI BRINGS TIDINGS TO BATHSTEAD
  
KIARTAN'S FAREWELL TO NORWAY
  
KIARTAN BACK IN ICELAND: REFNA COMES INTO THE TALE
  
TIDINGS BROUGHT TO BATHSTEAD OF KIARTAN'S COMING BACK
  
THE YULE-FEAST AT BATHSTEAD
  
KIARTAN WEDS REFNA
  
THE SWORD COMES BACK WITHOUT THE SCABBARD
  
THE STEALING OF THE COIF
  
REFNA HEARS WOMEN TALKING
  
KIARTAN FETCHES THE PRICE OF THE COIF FROM BATHSTEAD
  
THORHALLA TELLS OF KIARTAN'S COMINGS AND GOINGS
  
THE SLAYING OF KIARTAN OLAFSON
  
KIARTAN BROUGHT DEAD TO BATHSTEAD
  
WHAT FOLK DID AT HERDHOLT AFTER THE SLAYING
  
GUDRUN'S DEEMING OF THE MEN WHO LOVED HER
  
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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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But Gunnar arose o'er the people, as a mighty King he spake:
“O ye of the house of Giuki that are joyous for my sake,
What then shall be left to the Niblungs if we return no more?
Then let the wolves be warders of the Niblungs' gathered store!
On the hearth let the worm creep over where the fire now flares aloft!
And the adder coil in the chambers where the Niblung wives sleep soft!
Let the master of the pine-wood roll huge in the Niblung porch,
And the moon through the broken rafters be the Niblungs' feastful torch!”
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