William Morris Archive

Pilgrims of Hope


Bibliographic Citation

William Morris, “Pilgrims of Hope,” William Morris Archive, accessed April 25, 2025, http://morrisarchive.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/103.

Title

Pilgrims of Hope

Creator

William Morris

Date

1885-03/1886-06

Publisher

The Socialist League
Commonweal

Subject

Socialist narrative
Paris Commune
contemporary history

Coverage

1871
late 19th century
1860-1880s
England
Paris
France

Extent

Chapters 1-12

Type

Poem
Epic
Historical narrative

Relation

Poems by the Way, 1891
Pilgrims of Hope, T. B. Mosher, 1901

Is Part Of

Commonweal
Poems by the Way

Has Part

Chapter 1: Vol. 1.2, March 1885, The Message of the March Wind
Chapter 2, Vol. 1.3, April 1885, The Bridge and the Street
Chapter 3, Vol. 1.5, May 1885, Sending to the War
Chapter 4, pp. 44-45, Vol. 1.6, June 1885, Mother and Son
Chapter 5, Vol. 1.7, August 1885, The New Birth
Chapter 6, Vol. 1.8, September 1885, The New Proletarian
Chapter 7, Vol. 1.10, November 1885, In Prison--and At Home
Chapter 8, Vol. 2.12, January 1886, The Half of Life Gone
Chapter 9,Vol. 2.14, March 1886, A New Friend
Chapter 10, Vol. 2.15, April 1886, Ready to Depart
Chapter 11, Vol. 2.17, 8 May 1886, A Glimpse of the Coming Day
Chapter 12, Vol. 2.21, 5 June 1886, Meeting the War Machine

Format

periodical
newspaper

Description

Historical socialist narrative
Heroic Communard defense of the Paris Commune
Romantic narrative of loss
socialist commitment

Has Version

Poems by the Way
Pilgrims of Hope, T. B. Mosher, 1901