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Selected PoemsWilliam MorrisEdited by Peter Faulkner![]() 10% off
Categories: 19th Century
Imprint: Fyfield Books Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (128 pages) (Pub. Mar 1997) 9780856359262 £9.95 £8.96
`If a chap can't compose an epic poem while he's weaving tapestry he had better shut up.'
William Morris (1834-1896) 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 has fallen into neglect. This selection, the only one currently available, contains the best of his short poems, ranging from dramatic narratives with medieval settings to romantic lyrics to `Chants for Socialists'. His verse is crafted and robust, something to be enjoyed like other well-made objects; vivid and durable, it is at the heart of his creative vision.
Peter Faulkner teaches in the School of English and American Studies at the University of Exeter. He has written several books about Morris and is editor of the William Morris Society Journal.
Table of Contents
Introduction Suggested Reading From The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems (1858) The Defence of Guenevere King Arthur's Tomb Near Avalon The Haystack in the Floods Concerning Geffray Teste Noire The Judgment of God Golden Wings The Wind The Blue Closet The Tune of Seven Towers Praise of My Lady From The Life and Death of Jason (1867) From The Earthly Paradise (1868-70) Apology March April May June July August September October November December January February Song from 'The Love of Alcestis' Song from 'Ogier the Dane' L'Envoi Poems of the 'Earthly Paradise' time Hapless Love Written in a copy of The Earthly Paradise, Dec.25,1870 Sad-eyed and Soft and Grey Rhyme Slayeth Shame May Grown a-Cold As this Thin Thread Fair Weather and Foul Why Dost Thou Struggle Our Hands Have Met O Far Away to Seek From Love is Enough (1872) From Poems by the Way (1891) Love Fulfilled Thunder in the Garden To the Muse of the North Iceland First Seen Gunnar's Howe above the House at Lithend The Message of the March Wind Mother and Son The Voice of Toil All for the Cause A Death Song Pomona Flora The Woodpecker The Lion Mine and Thine The Folk-Mote by the River For the Bed at Kelmscott The William Morris Society |
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