Poems by the Way by William Morris
Series: The William Morris Library #4
Publisher: Thoemmes Press
Published: July 15, 1994
Place of publication: Bristol
ISBN-13: 9781855062559
First sentence: The beauty of lovers prolonging their night to hush the sleigh bells of time's chariot; the tragedy of spear-shafts rising over the harvested fields; the humour of the crone's voice sounding 'like an unoiled wheel at work'; the irony of the fowl of death singing of the fair summer on many a shield; the prophecy of the pall-bearers knocking at the gate of the rich; the sublimity of surveying the fire and ice of the legendary Iceland; the charm of the tapestry pear-tree whose wood is carved to engrave a tale: William Morris's last book of poetry presents his widest range.
Description: Poems by the Way is a collection of ballads and lyrics Morris selected from the manuscripts he wrote between 1860 and 1891. It includes the best-known passage from 'The Life and Death of Jason'; the most popular political poems from the penny pamphlet 'Chants for Socialists' and the serialized 'Pilgrims of Hope'; the songs of personal love first copied for 'A Book of Verse,' his gift of calligraphy to Georgiana Burne-Jones; the poems and translations celebrating his faith in Icelandic and Gothic mythology; the delightful verses for tapestries, embroideries, and woven wools; and some of his most haunting medieval ballads.