The Collected Works of William Morris With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris |
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![]() | CHAPTER III. THIODOLF TALKETH WITH THE
WOOD-SUN.
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[“O Folk-wolf, heed and hearken; for when shall thy life be spent]
[Wood-Sun.]“O Folk-wolf, heed and hearken; for when shall thy life be spent
And the Folk wherein thou dwellest with thy death be well content?
Whenso folk need the fire, do they hew the apple-tree,
And burn the Mother of Blossom and the fruit that is to be?
Or me wilt thou bid to thy grave-mound because thy battle-wrath
May nothing more be bridled than the whirl-wind on his path?
So hearken and do my bidding, for the hauberk shalt thou bear
E'en when the other warriors cast off their battle-gear.
So come thou, come unwounded from the war-field of the south,
And sit with me in the beech-wood, and kiss me, eyes and mouth.”
![]() | CHAPTER III. THIODOLF TALKETH WITH THE
WOOD-SUN.
The Collected Works of William Morris | ![]() |