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Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough

Chapter 5: WILLIAM MORRIS
By William Morris
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A combined volume collects lyrical and narrative poems that range from pastoral meditations and love lyrics to retellings of Northern sagas and a short verse drama arguing that love and art triumph over material greed. The shorter pieces dwell on landscape, seasonal change, intimate feeling, and the rhythms of work and craft; others adapt mythic or saga episodes with robust storytelling. The included drama stages moral dilemmas and allegorical figures in heightened verse, blending medievalist imagery with social concerns about labor, art, and community. Throughout, language emphasizes musical phrasing, decorative detail, and a commitment to beauty in both form and subject.

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Title: Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough

Author: William Morris

Release date: March 10, 2005 [eBook #15311]
Most recently updated: March 6, 2025

Language: English

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WILLIAM MORRIS'S WORKS

Cheaper Issue of the LIBRARY EDITION of Mr. WILLIAM MORRIS'S POETICAL WORKS. Complete in Eleven Volumes, price 5s. net each, viz.:—
THE EARTHLY PARADISE. 4 vols., 5s. net each.
THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE, AND OTHER POEMS, 5s. net.
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON. 5s. net.
POEMS BY THE WAY: AND LOVE IS ENOUGH. 5s. net.
THE STORY OF SIGURD THE VOLSUNG, AND THE FALL OF THE NIBLUNGS. 5s. net.
THE ÆNEIDS OF VIRGIL. Done into English Verse. 5s. net.
THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER. Done into English Verse. 5s. net.
THE TALE OF BEOWULF. Translated by WILLIAM MORRIS and A.J. WYATT. 5s. net.

Certain of the POETICAL WORKS may also be had in the following Editions:—

THE EARTHLY PARADISE. POPULAR EDITION in 5 vols., 121110, 25s. or 5s. each sold separately.
The same in 10 Parts, 25s. or 2s.6d. each sold separately.
The same in 4 vols. (Silver Library), 3s.6d. each.
The same in 12 Parts, crown 8vo, paper covers, Parts 1-8, 10 and 11, each 1s. net; Parts 9 and 12, 2s. net each.
CHEAP EDITION in 1 vol., 8vo, 6s. net.
POEMS BY THE WAY. Square crown 8vo, 6s.
THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE, AND OTHER POEMS. Fcap. 8vo, 1s.6d. net.


PROSE WORKS

A TALE OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS. Written in Prose and Verse. Square crown 8vo, 6s.
THE ROOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS. Written in Prose and Verse. Square crown 8vo, 8s.
THE STORY OF THE GLITTERING PLAIN. Square post 8vo, 5s. net.
THE WOOD BEYOND THE WORLD. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.
THE WELL AT THE WORLD'S END: A Tale. 2 vols. 8vo, 28s.
THE WATER OF THE WONDROUS ISLES. Crown 8vo, 7s.6d.
THE SUNDERING FLOOD: A Romance. Crown 8vo, 7s.6d.
A DREAM OF JOHN BALL, AND A KING'S LESSON. 16mo, 1s.6d.
NEWS FROM NOWHERE; OR, AN EPOCH OF REST. Post 8vo, 1s.6d.
HOPES AND FEARS FOR ART. Five Lectures. Crown 8vo, 4s.6d.
SIGNS OF CHANGE. Seven Lectures. Post 8vo, 4s.6d.
AN ADDRESS DELIVERED TO STUDENTS OF THE BIRMINGHAM Municipal School of Art. 8vo, 2s.6d. net.
SOME HINTS ON PATTERN-DESIGNING: A Lecture. 8vo, 2s.6d. net.
ART AND ITS PRODUCERS, AND THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF TO-DAY. 8vo, 2s.6d. net.
ARTS AND CRAFTS ESSAYS by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. With a Preface by WILLIAM MORRIS. Crown 8vo, 2s.6d. net.
ARCHITECTURE, INDUSTRY, AND WEALTH: Collected Papers. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.
THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG. Translated from the Icelandic by EIRÍKR MAGNÚSSON and WILLIAM MORRIS. Crown 8vo, 5s. net.
THREE NORTHERN LOVE STORIES, AND OTHER TALES. Translated from the Icelandic by EIRÍKR MAGNÚSSON and WILLIAM MORRIS. Crown 8vo, 6s. net.


LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
LONDON, NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA




POEMS BY THE WAY
LOVE IS ENOUGH





POEMS BY THE WAY
& LOVE IS ENOUGH



BY

WILLIAM MORRIS




NEW IMPRESSION




LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
1907

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

First Edition in this form, June 1896;
Reprinted February 1898, May 1902,
and June 1907

CONTENTS

POEMS BY THE WAY

  PAGE
FROM THE UPLAND TO THE SEA 3
OF THE WOOING OF HALLBIORN THE STRONG 5
ECHOES OF LOVE'S HOUSE 15
THE BURGHERS' BATTLE 16
HOPE DIETH: LOVE LIVETH 19
ERROR AND LOSS 21
THE HALL AND THE WOOD 23
THE DAY OF DAYS 31
TO THE MUSE OF THE NORTH 32
OF THE THREE SEEKERS 33
LOVE'S GLEANING-TIDE 37
THE MESSAGE OF THE MARCH WIND 38
A DEATH SONG 42
ICELAND FIRST SEEN 44
THE RAVEN AND THE KING'S DAUGHTER 48
SPRING'S BEDFELLOW 55
MEETING IN WINTER 56
THE TWO SIDES OF THE RIVER 59
LOVE FULFILLED 64
THE KING OF DENMARK'S SONS 66
ON THE EDGE OF THE WILDERNESS 74
A GARDEN BY THE SEA 79
MOTHER AND SON 81
THUNDER IN THE GARDEN 89
THE GOD OF THE POOR 91
LOVE'S REWARD 102
THE FOLK-MOTE BY THE RIVER 109
THE VOICE OF TOIL 120
GUNNAR'S HOWE ABOVE THE HOUSE AT LITHEND 122
THE DAY IS COMING 124
EARTH THE HEALER, EARTH THE KEEPER 129
ALL FOR THE CAUSE 133
PAIN AND TIME STRIVE NOT 136
DRAWING NEAR THE LIGHT 137
VERSES FOR PICTURES 138
FOR THE BRIAR ROSE 140
ANOTHER FOR THE BRIAR ROSE 142
THE WOODPECKER 143
THE LION 143
THE FOREST 144
POMONA 145
FLORA 146
THE ORCHARD 146
TAPESTRY TREES 147
THE FLOWERING ORCHARD 149
THE END OF MAY 150
THE HALF OF LIFE GONE 151
MINE AND THINE 158
THE LAY OF CHRISTINE 159
HILDEBRAND AND HELLELIL 162
THE SON'S SORROW 166
AGNES AND THE HILL-MAN 169
KNIGHT AAGEN AND MAIDEN ELSE 171
HAFBUR AND SIGNY 175
GOLDILOCKS AND GOLDILOCKS 191
 
LOVE IS ENOUGH 223