William Morris, his homes and haunts . X CL, < H fa fe HIS PLACE IN ART 67 firm of decorators and handicraftsmen remained a verysubstantial part of Morriss life work. The first long work of literature which came fromhis brain was the * Earthly Paradise ; and a study ofits structure will give one a very good idea of his theoryand practice in the world of word-spinning. The essenceof this long book of verse is not the writing of poetry,but the telling of a series of tales. There is a vast differ-ence between the elaborate technique of Swinburne andthe swift directness of Morris. The one is a
William Morris, his homes and haunts . X CL, < H fa fe HIS PLACE IN ART 67 firm of decorators and handicraftsmen remained a verysubstantial part of Morriss life work. The first long work of literature which came fromhis brain was the * Earthly Paradise ; and a study ofits structure will give one a very good idea of his theoryand practice in the world of word-spinning. The essenceof this long book of verse is not the writing of poetry,but the telling of a series of tales. There is a vast differ-ence between the elaborate technique of Swinburne andthe swift directness of Morris. The one is a poet as ifby design; the other is a poet as if by accident. Openthe Earthly Paradise by sheer chance: A great rushOf fearful pain stopped all his bloodAs thus he thought; a while he stoodBlinded and tottering, then the airA great change in it seemed to bear,A heavenly scent; and fear was gone,Hope but a name ; as if aloneMid images of men he was—Alone with her who now did passWith fluttering hem and light footfallThe corner of the p
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