"If a chap can't compose an epic poem while he's weaving tapestry he had better shut up", says William Morris (1834-1896). He was a brilliant designer, a political thinker and one of the most popular poets of his day. While his designs are still prized, his poetry fell for decades into neglect. Crafted and robust, his verse is something to be enjoyed, like other well-made objects. It is at the heart of his creative vision. This selection contains the best of his short poems, ranging from dramatic narratives with medieval settings to romantic lyrics, to "Chants for Socialists". His most popular poems, such as "The Defence of Guenevere" and "King Arthur's Tomb", appear here, as do extracts from "The Life and Death of Jason" and "Love is Enough". Extensive selections from poems of the "Earthly Paradise" time and "Poems by the Way" are also included.
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William Morris was born in 1834. He was a brilliant designer and political thinker, as well as one of the most popular poets of his day. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and was strongly influenced by the Pre-Raphelites, especially Dante Gabriel Rossetti. In 1861 he became a founding partner of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., a prestigious design firm, and he also founded both the Socialist League and the Hammersmith Socialist society, Becoming known as an influential and persuasive speaker. His best-known collection of poetry is The Earthly Paradise (1868-1870). He died in 1896.
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This volume contains some of Morris's most energetic and dramatic poems, but it was not well received by the reviewers at the time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
art thou kind, thou art blind, thou wanderest, idle singer, thou art sad, empty day, gold wings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Seven Towers, Lord God, The Earthly Paradise, Sir Gauwaine New!
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This volume contains some of Morris's most energetic and dramatic poems, but it was not well received by the reviewers at the time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
art thou kind, thou art blind, thou wanderest, idle singer, thou art sad, empty day, gold wings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Seven Towers, Lord God, The Earthly Paradise, Sir Gauwaine New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Earthly Paradise by William Morris on 7 pages
- The Defence Of Guenevere And Other Poems by William Morris on 4 pages
- Poems By The Way by William Morris on 4 pages
- Chants for Socialists by William Morris in Front Matter, and page 126
- The Life and Death of Jason (The Collected Works of William Morris - Volume 2) by William Morris in Front Matter, and page 79
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- The Hybrid Muse: Postcolonial Poetry in English by Jahan Ramazani on 6 pages
- Come Back to Me My Language: Poetry and the West Indies by J. Edward Chamberlin on 4 pages
- The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse (Oxford Books of Verse) by Stewart Brown in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Robinson Jeffers and a Galaxy of Writers: Essays in Honor of William H. Nolte by WIlliam B. Thesing on page 25, and Back Matter
- Selected Poems by William Morris in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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