Ever since I can remember, even when I was quite a child, people have always told me that I had no perseverance, no strength of will; they have always kept on saying to me, directly and indirectly, “Unstable as water thou shalt not excel;” and they…

Chap. I— By the River.

“All thoughts, all passions, all delights,
Whatever stirs this mortal frame,
All are but ministers of love,
And feed his sacred flame.”— Coleridge

Long ago there was a land, never mind where or when, a fair country and…

GOLDEN WINGS

"Lyf lythes to nee,
Twa wordes or three,
Of one who was fair and free,
And fele in his fight."

—Sir Percival.

I suppose my birth was somewhat after the birth of Sir Percival of Galles, for I never saw my father,…

'Gothic Architecture', the first Haldane Trust Lecture, delivered at the Corporation Galleries, Glasgow, 11 Feb. 1889. A different version is printed in Morris, i, pp. 266-286. The note by May Morris on f. 166 refers to a later delivery of the…