Advertisements And End Matter : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 444 p. 445 [This is an alternate title page for the first volume, which was inserted at the end of the last volume.--JBH] THE EARTHLY PARADISE A POEM. BY WILLIAM MORRIS, AUTHOR OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON. PARTS I. n...
January. The Ring Given To Venus : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 180 THE RING GIVEN TO VENUS. ARGUMENT. THERE was a man in a certain great city who on his wedding- day unwittingly gave his spousal-ring to the Goddess Venus, and for this cause trouble came upon him, till in the end he...
Title Page And Front Matter : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], THE EARTHLY PARADISE A POEM. BY WILLIAM MORRIS, AUTHOR OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON. Boston: ROBERTS, BROTHERS. [1868] Photo Cover Title Page Scanned , June 2007. This text is in the public domain in the United States because...
Title Page. Part 02 : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], THE EARTHLY PARADISE A POEM. BY WILLIAM MORRIS, AUTHOR OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON. PART III. Boston: ROBERTS BROTHERS. M DCCCLXX. [1870] Scanned , June 2007. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare, July 2007. This...
February. Bellerophon In Lycia : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 234 BELLEROPHON IN LYCIA. ARGUMENT. BELLEROPHON bore unawares to Jobates King of Lycia the deadly message of King Prtus: wherefore the Lycian King threw him often in the way of death, but the Fates willed him not...
February. The Hill Of Venus : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 370 THE HILL OF VENUS. ARGUMENT. THIS story tells of a certain man who by strange adventure fell into the power of Venus, and who, repenting of his life with her, was fain to return to the world and amend all, but might...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. Kiartan Fetches : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 478 "Kiartan fetches the price of the Coif from Bathstead". AND now a day or two with brooding face Did Kiartan go about from place to place And speak few words to any, till one day He bade his men see to their war-array...
June. The Love Of Alcestis : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 456 THE LOVE OF ALCESTIS, ARGUMENT. ADMETUS, king of Pher in Thessaly, received unwittingly Apollo as his servant, by the help of whom he won to wife Alcestis, daughter of Pelias: afterwards too, as in other things, so...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. Of Herdholt And Bathstead : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 337 THE LOVERS OF GUDRUN. ARGUMENT. This story shows how two friends loved a fair woman, and how he who loved her best had her to wife, though she loved him little or not at all; and how one of these two friends gave...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. Refna Hears Women Talking : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "Refna hears Women talking". SO the days wore with nothing new to tell, Till spring-tide once more on the country fell, Then on a night as Kiartan to his bed Would go, still Refna sat with bowed-down head And stirred not...
March. Introduction : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 103 MARCH. SLAYER of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bringst the summer nigh! The bitter wind makes not thy victory vain, Nor will we mock thee for thy faint blue sky. Welcome, O March! whose kindly days...
June. The Lady Of The Land : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 506 THE LADY OF THE LAND. ARGUMENT. A CERTAIN Man having landed on an Island in the Greek Sea, found there a beautiful damsel, whom he would fain have delivered from a strange and dreadful doom, but failing herein, he died...
December. Introduction : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 1 THE EARTHLY PARADISE. "DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY. p. 2 DECEMBER. DEAD lonely night and all streets quiet now, Thin oer the moon the hindmost cloud swims past Of that great rack that brought us up the snow; On earth...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. The Prophecy Of Guest : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "The Prophecy of Guest the Wise". UPON a day, amid the maids that spun Within the bower at Bathstead, sat Gudrun, Her father in the firth a-fishing was, The while her mother through the meads did pass About some homely work...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. Kiartan Back In Icel : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "Kiartan back in Iceland; Refna comes into the Tale". KIARTAN and Klf in Burgfirth came aland And raised their tents anigh unto the strand, As in the summer-tide the fashion was Of mariners, the while the news did pass Th...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. What Folk Did At Herdholt : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 511 "What Folk did at Herdholt after the Slaying". NOW in the hall next morn did Oswif bide The while his messengers went far and wide Asking for help; and all in hiding lay Whose hapless hands had brought about that day...
April. Introduction : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 216 APRIL. O FAIR midspring, besung so oft and oft, How can I praise thy loveliness enow? Thy sun that burns not, and thy breezes soft That oer the blossoms of the orchard blow, The thousand things that neath the young leaves...
Advertisements From Original Edition : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. a1 ADVERTISEMENTS FROM ORIGINAL EDITION (These advertisements, which preceded the text in the original edition, are from the 19th century and are included for completeness.--JBH) The American Publishers of WILLIAM...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. The Sword Comes Back : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "The Sword comes back without the Scabbard". WHEN of this wedding first came tidings true To Bathstead, then it was that Gudrun knew How much of hope had been before that day Within her heart; now, when a cast-away Up...
May. The Story Of Cupid And Psyche : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 347 THE STORY OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. ARGUMENT. PSYCHE, a king's daughter, by her exceeding beauty caused the people to forget Venus; therefore the goddess would fain have destroyed her: nevertheless she became the bride of Love...
September. Introduction : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 1 THE EARTHLY PARADISE. SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. p. 2 SEPTEMBER. O COME at last, to whom the spring-tide's hope Looked for through blossoms, what hast thou for me? Green grows the grass upon the dewy slope Beneath...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. The Slaying Of Kiart : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 495 "The Slaying of Kiartan Olafson". NOW Kiartan rode from Knoll betimes that day, And goodman Thorkel brought him on the way With twelve men more, and therewithal they ride Fast from the west, but where the pass grew...
July. The Watching Of The Falcon : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 552 THE WATCHING OF THE FALCON. ARGUMENT. THE case of this Falcon was such, that whoso watched it without sleeping for seven days and seven nights, had his first wish granted him by a fay lady, that appeared to him thereon;...
January. Bellerophon At Argos : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 90 BELLEROPHON AT ARGOS. ARGUMENT. HIPPONOS, son of Glaucus King of Corinth, unwittingly slew his brother Beller, and, fleeing from his country, came to Prtus King of Argos, who purified him of his guilt; and thereafter...
April. The Proud King : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 310 THE PROUD KING. ARGUMENT. A CERTAIN King, blinded by pride, thought that he was something more than man, if not equal to God; but such a judgment fell on him that none knew him for king, and he suffered many things, till...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. Gudrun's Deeming : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "Gudrun's deeming of the Men who loved her". THUS have I striven to show the troublous life Of these dead folk, een as if mid their strife I dwelt myself; but now is Kiartan slain; Bodli's blank yearning, Gudrun's wearying...
March. The Man Born To Be King : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 137 THE MAN BORN TO BE KING. ARGUMENT. IT was foretold to a great king, that he who should reign after him should be low-born and poor; which thing came to pass in the end, for all that the king could do? A KING there w...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. The Dealings Of King : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "The Dealings of King Olaf Tryggvison with the Icelanders". NOW tells the tale that safe to Drontheim came Kiartan with all his folk, and the great fame Of Olaf Tryggvison then first they knew, When ther spake the townsmen...
Prologuethe Wanderers : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 3 PROLOGUE--THE WANDERERS. ARGUMENT. CERTAIN gentlemen and mariners of Norway, having considered all that they had heard of the Earthly Paradise, set sail to find it, and after many troubles and the lapse of many years came...
To The Reader : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 102 TO THE READER THINK, listener, that I had the luck to stand, Awhile ago within a flowery land, Fair beyond words; that thence I brought away Some blossoms that before my footsteps lay, Not plucked by me, not over fresh...
Epilogue : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 434 EPILOGUE. SO is a year passed of the quiet life, That these old men from such mishap and strife, Such springing up, and dying out of dreams Had won at last. What further then? Meseems Whateer the tale may know of wh...
May. The Writing On The Image : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 440 THE WRITING ON THE IMAGE. ARGUMENT. How on an Image that stood anciently in Rome were written certain words, which none understood, until a Scholar, coming there, knew their meaning, and thereby discovered great marvels...
End Matter : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 679 END MATTER FROM ORIGINAL "IN PREPARATION", THE SECOND AND CONCLUDING VOLUME OF THE EARTHLY PARADISE, WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING TALES IN VERSE: THE STORY OF THESEUS. THE HILL OF VENUS. THE STORY OF ORPHEUS...
October. The Story Of Accontius And Cydippe : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 163 THE STORY OF ACCONTIUS AND CYDIPPE. ARGUMENT. A CERTAIN man coming to Delos beheld a noble damsel there, and was smitten with the love of her, and made all things of no account but the winning of her, which at last...
November. The Story Of Rhodope : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 277 THE STORY OF RHODOPE. ARGUMENT. THERE was in a poor land a certain maid, lowly but exceeding beautiful, who, by a strange hap, was drawn from her low estate, and became a queen and the world's wonder...
Lenvoi : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 438 LENVOI. HERE are we for the last time face to face, Thou and I, Book, before I bid thee speed Upon thy perilous journey to that place For which I have done on thee pilgrim's weed, Striving to get thee all things...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. Kiartan Weds Refna : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "Kiartan weds Refna". I THINK that Gudrun on the morrow morn Deemed herself yet more wretched and forlorn Than eer before; I deem that Kiartan woke And found it harder yet to bear the yoke Than in past days--their eyes had...
September. The Land East Of The Sun And West : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 34 THE LAND EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON. ARGUMENT. THIS tale, which is set forth as a dream, tells of a churl's son who won a fair Queen to his love, and afterwards lost her, and yet in the end was not deprived...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. Tidings Brought : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 431 "Tidings brought to Bathstead of Kiartan's coming back". Yes, there the hills stood, there Lax-river ran Down to the sea; still thrall and serving-man Came home from fold and hayfield to the hall, And still did...
June. Introduction : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 454 JUNE. JUNE, O June, that we desired so, Wilt thou not make us happy on this day? Across the river thy soft breezes blow Sweet with the scent of beanfields far away, Above our heads rustle the aspens grey, Calm is the sky...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. Gudrun Twice Wedded : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "Gudrun twice Wedded, Widowed, and Wooed of Kiartan". SO wore the time away, nor long it was Ere somewhat of Guest's forecast came to pass. Drawn by her beauty, Thorvald wooed Gudrun; Saying withal that he was such an one...
December. The Golden Apples : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 5 THE GOLDEN APPLES. THIS tale tells of the voyage of a ship of Tyre, that, against the will of the shipmen, bore Hercules to an unknown land of the West, that he might accomplish a task laid on him by the Fates. AS many...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. Thorhalla Tells : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "Thorhalla tells of Kiartan's Comings and Goings". WHAT should the next move in the strange game be? Kiartan rode through the country carelessly With few behind him, but nought hitherto The sons of Oswif durst against him...
April. The Doom Of King Acrisius : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 218 THE DOOM OF KING ACRISIUS. ARGUMENT. ACRISIUS, king of Argos, being warned by an oracle that the son of his daughter Dana should slay him, shut her up in a brazen tower built for that end beside the sea: there, though no...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. Bodli Brings Tidings : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "Bodli brings Tidings to Bathstead". NOW so it chanced, on a late summer day, Unto the west would Oswif take his way With all his sons, and Gudrun listlessly Stood by the door their going forth to see, Until the hill's brow...
July. Introduction : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 528 JULY. FAIR was the morn to-day, the blossom's scent Floated across the fresh grass, and the bees With low vexed song from rose to lily went, A gentle wind was in the heavy trees, And thine eyes shone with joyous memories;...
August. Ogier The Dane : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 617 OGIER THE DANE. ARGUMENT. WHEN Ogier was born, six fay ladies came to the cradle where he lay, and gave him various gifts, as to be brave and happy and the like; but the sixth gave him to he her love when he should have...
February. Introduction : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 231 FEBRUARY. NOON--and the north-west sweeps the empty road, The rain-washed fields from hedge to hedge are bare; Beneath the leafless elms some hind's abode Looks small and void, and no smoke meets the air From its po...
December. The Fostering Of Aslaug : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 30 THE FOSTERING OF ASLAUG. ARGUMENT. ASLAUG, the daughter of Sigurd who slew the Dragon, and of Brynhild whom he loved, lost all her friends and kin, and was nourished amid great misery; yet in the end her fortune, her...
March. Atalanta's Race : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 107 ATALANTA'S RACE. ARGUMENT. ATALANTA, daughter of King Schneus, not willing to lose her virgin's estate, made it a law to all suitors that they should run a race with her in the public place, and if they failed to overcome...
An Apology : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 1 THE EARTHLY PARADISE. OF Heaven or Hell I have no power to sing, I cannot ease the burden of your fears, Or make quick-coming death a little thing, Or bring again the pleasure of past years, Nor for my words shall ye forget...
August. Introduction : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 586 AUGUST. ACROSS the gap made by our English hinds, Amidst the Roman's handiwork, behold Far off the long-roofed church; the shepherd binds The withy round the hurdles of his fold; Down in the foss the river fed of old, Th...
August. Pygmalion And The Image : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 588 PYGMALION AND THE IMAGE. ARGUMENT. A MAN of Cyprus, a Sculptor named Pygmalion, made an Image of a Woman, fairer than any that had yet been seen, and in the end came to love his own handiwork as though it had been alive:...
September. The Death Of Paris : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 5 THE DEATH OF PARIS. ARGUMENT. PARIS the son of Priam was wounded by one of the poisoned arrows of Hercules that Philoctetes bore to the siege of Troy; wherefore he had himself borne up into Ida that he might see...
Title Page : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], THE EARTHLY PARADISE A POEM. BY WILLIAM MORRIS, AUTHOR OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JASON. PART IV. "London:" F. S. ELLIS, 33 "King Street, Covent Garden". MDCCCLXX. [1870] Scanned , July 2007. Proofed and formatted by John...
November. Introduction : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 274 NOVEMBER. ARE thine eyes weary? is thy heart too sick To struggle any more with doubt and thought, Whose formless veil draws darkening now and thick Across thee, een as smoke-tinged mist-wreaths brought Down a fair...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. Kiartan's Farewell To Norway : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "Kiartan's Farewell to Norway". MEANWHILE to Kiartan far across the sea, Unto all seeming, life went merrily; Yet none the less the lapse of days would bring Unto his frank heart something of a sting, And Bodli's sad...
July. The Son Of Crsus : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 530 THE SON OF CRSUS. ARGUMENT. CRSUS, king of Lydia, dreamed that he saw his Son slain by an iron weapon, and though by every means he strove to avert this doom from him, yet thus it happened, for his Son was slain by...
January. Introduction : * "The Earthly Paradise, (December-February)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 87 JANUARY. FROM this dull rainy undersky and low, This murky ending of a leaden day, That never knew the sun, this half-thawed snow, These tossing black boughs faint against the grey Of gathering night, thou turnest...
October. Introduction : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 160 OCTOBER. O LOVE, turn from the unchanging sea, and gaze Down these grey slopes upon the year grown old, A-dying mid the autumn-scented haze, That hangeth oer the hollow in the wold, Where the wind-bitten ancient elms...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. The Stealing Of The Coif : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "The Stealing of the Coif" NOW howso Olaf bade An hold his peace, And Kiartan promised he would nowise cease To show a good face to the world on all That twixt the houses yet might chance to fall, Certain it is, that ere...
October. The Man Who Never Laughed Again : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], p. 208 THE MAN WHO NEVER LAUGHED AGAIN. ARGUMENT. A CERTAIN man, who from rich had become poor, having been taken by one of his former friends to a fair house, was shown strange things there, and dwelt there awhile among...
The Lovers Of Gudrun. Kiartan Brought Dead : * "The Earthly Paradise, (September-November)", by William Morris, [1870], "Kiartan brought dead to Bathstead". MEN say that those who went the corpse to bring To Bathstead thence, found Bodli muttering Over the white face turned up to the sky, Nor did he heed them as they drew anigh, Therefore...
May. Introduction : * "The Earthly Paradise, (March-August)", by William Morris, [1868], p. 344 MAY. O LOVE, this morn when the sweet nightingale Had so long finished all he had to say, That thou hadst slept, and sleep had told his tale; And midst a peaceful dream had stolen away In fragrant dawning of the first...