Produced by Thierry Alberto, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net 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 _The Tune of Seven Towers_ 199 _Golden Wings_ 202 _The Haystack in the Floods_ 215 _Two Red Roses across the Moon_ 223 _Welland River_ 226 _Riding Together_ 231 _Father John's War-Song_ 234 _Sir Giles' War-Song_ 237 _Near Avalon_ 239 _Praise of My Lady_ 241 _Summer Dawn_ 246 _In Prison_ 247 THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE But, knowing now that they would have her speak, She threw her wet hair backward from her brow, Her hand close to her mouth touching her cheek, As though she had had there a shameful blow, And feeling it shameful to feel ought but shame All through her heart, yet felt her cheek burned so, She must a little touch it; like one lame She walked away from Gauwaine, with her head Still lifted up; and on her cheek of flame