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"Let us speak, love, together some words of our story, That our lips as they part may remember the glory! O soft day, O calm day, made clear for our sake!"
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William MorrisI know a little garden-close — William Morris
"I know a little garden-close Set thick with lily and red rose, Where I would wander if I might From dewy dawn to dewy night, And have one with me wandering."
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William Morris was an English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, while he campaigned for socialism in fin de siècle Great Britain.
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"William Morris, [is] a prime favourite with a Socialist like myself, but also, in my view - especially in the Defence of Guinevere - a great poet."
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"O servant of the high God, Galahad!"
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"The majesty That from mans soul looks through his eager eyes."
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"Wert thou more fickle than the restless sea, Still should I love thee, knowing thee for such."
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"The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere."
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