Goldilocks And Goldilocks (William Morris Poems)
It was Goldilocks woke up in the mornAt the first of the shearing of the corn.There stood his mother on ...
William Morris Poems on World (27 Poems)
Hafbur And Signy (William Morris Poems)
TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH.King Hafbur & King SiwardThey needs must stir up strife,All about the sweetling SignyWho was so fair ...
All For The Cause (William Morris Poems)
Hear a word, a word in season,for the day is drawing nigh,When the Cause shall call upon us,some to live, ...
Error And Loss (William Morris Poems)
Upon an eve I sat me down and wept,Because the world to me seemed nowise good;Still autumn was it, & ...
Gunnar’s Howe Above The House At Lithend (William Morris Poems)
Ye who have come o'er the seato behold this grey minster of lands,Whose floor is the tomb of time past,and ...
Echoes Of Love’s House (William Morris Poems)
Love gives every gift whereby we long to live"Love takes every gift, and nothing back doth give."Love unlocks the lips ...
Another For The Briar-Rose (William Morris Poems)
O treacherous scent, O thorny sight,O tangle of world's wrong and right,What art thou 'gainst my armour's gleamBut dusky cobwebs ...
Song I: Though the World Be A-Waning (William Morris Poems)
Love is enough: though the World be a-waning And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining, Though ...
Song II: Have No Thought for Tomorrow (William Morris Poems)
Love is enough: have no thought for to-morrow If ye lie down this even in rest from your pain, Ye ...
Song IV: Draw Near and Behold Me (William Morris Poems)
Love is enough: draw near and behold me Ye who pass by the way to your rest and your laughter, ...
Song IX: Ho Ye Who Seek Saving (William Morris Poems)
Love is enough: ho ye who seek saving, Go no further; come hither; there have been who have found it, ...
Song V: Through the Trouble and Tangle (William Morris Poems)
Love is enough: through the trouble and tangle From yesterday's dawning to yesterday's night I sought through the vales where ...
Song VI: Cherish Life that Abideth (William Morris Poems)
Love is enough: cherish life that abideth, Lest ye die ere ye know him, and curse and misname him; For ...
Song VII: Dawn Talks to Day (William Morris Poems)
Dawn talks to Day Over dew-gleaming flowers, Night flies away Till the resting of hours: Fresh are thy feet And ...
Song VIII: While Ye Deemed Him A-Sleeping (William Morris Poems)
Love is enough: while ye deemed him a-sleeping, There were signs of his coming and sounds of his feet; His ...
Atalanta’s Race (William Morris Poems)
Through thick Arcadian woods a hunter went, Following the beasts upon a fresh spring day; But since his horn-tipped bow ...
The Defence of Guenevere (William Morris Poems)
But, learning now that they would have her speak, She threw her wet hair backward from her brow, Her hand ...
Day (William Morris Poems)
I am Day; I bring again Life and glory, Love and pain: Awake, arise! from death to death Through me ...
The Earthly Paradise: The Lady of the Land (William Morris Poems)
The ArgumentA certain man having landed on an island in the Greek sea, found there a beautifuldamsel, whom he would ...
Iceland First Seen (William Morris Poems)
Lo from our loitering ship a new land at last to be seen; Toothed rocks down the side of the ...
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung (excerpt) (William Morris Poems)
But therewith the sun rose upward and lightened all the earth, And the light flashed up to the heavens from ...
In Arthur’s House (William Morris Poems)
In Arthur's house whileome was I When happily the time went by In midmost glory of his days. He held ...
The Voice of Toil (William Morris Poems)
I heard men saying, Leave hope and praying, All days shall be as all have been; To-day and to-morrow bring ...
King Arthur’s Tomb (William Morris Poems)
Hot August noon: already on that day Since sunrise through the Wiltshire downs, most sad Of mouth and eye, he ...
Love is enough (William Morris Poems)
LOVE is enough: though the World be a-waning, And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining, Though ...
Love’s Gleaning Tide (William Morris Poems)
Draw not away thy hands, my love, With wind alone the branches move, And though the leaves be scant above ...
Mine and Thine (William Morris Poems)
Two words about the world we see, And nought but Mine and Thine they be. Ah! might we drive them ...