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The Collected Works of William Morris

With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris

Morris, William (1834-1896)

I.

VOLUME I THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE AND OTHER POEMS

II.

VOLUME II THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON

III, IV, V, VI.

VOLUME III, IV, V, VI THE EARTHLY PARADISE

VII.

VOLUME VII THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG. THE STORY OF THE VOLSUNGS AND NIBLUNGS

IX.

VOLUME IX LOVE IS ENOUGH. POEMS BY THE WAY

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X.

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

I.

CHAPTER I. OF THORSTEIN EGILSON & HIS KIN.

VII.

CHAPTER VII. OF GUNNLAUG IN THE EAST AND THE WEST.

VIII.

CHAPTER VIII. OF GUNNLAUG IN IRELAND.

XI.

CHAPTER XI. OF HOW GUNNLAUG MUST NEEDS ABIDE AWAY FROM ICELAND.

XIII.

CHAPTER XIII. OF THE WINTER-WEDDING AT SKANEY, AND HOW GUNNLAUG GAVE THE KING'S CLOAK TO HELGA.

XIV.

CHAPTER XIV. OF THE HOLMGANG AT THE ALTHING.

XVI.

CHAP. XVI. HOW THE TWO FOES MET AND FOUGHT AT DINGNESS.

XVII.

CHAPTER XVII. THE NEWS OF THE FIGHT BROUGHT TO ICELAND.

XVIII.

CHAPTER XVIII. THE DEATH OF HELGA THE FAIR.

THE STORY OF FRITHIOF THE BOLD

THE STORY OF VIGLUND THE FAIR

THE TALE OF HOGNI AND HEDINN

THE TALE OF BEOWULF SOMETIME KING OF THE FOLK OF THE WEDER GEATS. TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM MORRIS AND A. J. WYATT

XII.

VOLUME XII THE STORY OF SIGURD THE VOLSUNG AND THE FALL OF THE NIBLUNGS

XIV.

VOLUME XIV THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS. THE STORY OF THE GLITTERING PLAIN

XV.

VOLUME XV THE ROOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS

XVI.

VOLUME XVI NEWS FROM NOWHERE. A DREAM OF JOHN BALL. A KING'S LESSON

XVII.

VOLUME XVII THE WOOD BEYOND THE WORLD. CHILD CHRISTOPHER. OLD FRENCH ROMANCES

XXI.

VOLUME XXI THE SUNDERING FLOOD. UNFINISHED ROMANCES

XXIV.

VOLUME XXIV SCENES FROM THE FALL OF TROY AND OTHER POEMS AND FRAGMENTS

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[“O mighty man and joyous, art thou of the Wolfing kin?]

[Wood-Sun.]
“O mighty man and joyous, art thou of the Wolfing kin?
'Twas no evil deed when we mingled, nor lieth doom therein.
Thou lovely man, thou black-haired, thou shalt die and have done no ill.
Fame-crowned are the deeds of thy doing, and the mouths of men they fill.
Thou betterer of the Godfolk, enduring is thy fame:
Yet as a painted image of a dream is thy dreaded name.

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Of an alien folk thou comest, that we twain might be one indeed.
Thou shalt die one day. So hearken, to help me at my need.”