Had she come all the way for this,
To part at last without a kiss?
Yea, had she borne the dirt and rain
That her own eyes might see him slain
Beside the haystack in the floods?
        (The Haystack in the Floods, 1-5)

1. Atalanta's Race
2. A Death Song
3. The Defence of Guenevere
4. The Earthly Paradise: Apology
5. The Earthly Paradise: The Lady of the Land
6. The Eve of Crecy
7. The Haystack in the Floods
8. Iceland First Seen
9. In Prison
10. Love is Enough: Songs I-IX
11. Riding Together
12. Shameful Death
13. Sir Giles' War-Song
14. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung (excerpt)
15. The Voice of Toil

Biographical information

Given name: William
Family name: Morris
Birth date: 24 March 1834
Death date: 3 October 1896
Nationality: English
Family relations
          father: William Morris
          mother: Emma Morris
          wife: Jane Morris (from 26 April 1859)
Languages
          English
          Latin
          Greek
Education
          Marlborough Hall: January 1848 to December 1851
          Tutored by Rev. F. B. Guy
          Exeter College, Oxford: June 1852
Politics: Socialist
Literary period: Victorian
Occupations
          Manufacturer
          Painter
          Treasurer of National Liberal League: 1879
Residences
          London
          Upton in Kent to 1864
          Elm House, Clay Hill, Walthamstow: 24 March 1834
          Woodford Hall: 1840
          17 Red Lion Square, Holborn: 1857
          Queen Square, Bloomsbury: 1865
          Turnham Green: 1872
          Upper Mall, Hammersmith: 1878 to 1896
First RPO edition: 1997