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…