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Title: The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems

Author: William Morris

Release Date: September 17, 2007 [EBook #22650]

Language: English

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THE

DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE

AND OTHER POEMS

BY

WILLIAM MORRIS

REPRINTED FROM THE KELMSCOTT PRESS EDITION
AS REVISED BY THE AUTHOR

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
1908

All rights reserved

_First Edition, BELL & DALDY, 1858
Reprinted, 1875, for ELLIS & WHITE, and
Subsequently for REEVES & TURNER
Kelmscott Press Edition (revised by the Author), 1892
Transferred to LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., 1896
New Edition corrected by Kelmscott Press Edition, May 1900
Reprinted January 1908_

CONTENTS

PAGE
_The Defence of Guenevere_ 1

_King Arthur's Tomb_ 19

_Sir Galahad, a Christmas Mystery_ 43

_The Chapel in Lyoness_ 57

_Sir Peter Harpdon's End_ 65

_Rapunzel_ 111

_Concerning Geffray Teste Noire_ 135

_A Good Knight in Prison_ 148

_Old Love_ 155

_The Gilliflower of Gold_ 159

_Shameful Death_ 163

_The Eve of Crecy_ 166

_The Judgment of God_ 169

_The Little Tower_ 174

_The Sailing of the Sword_ 178

_Spell-Bound_ 182

_The Wind_ 187

_The Blue Closet_ 194