The Earthly Paradise: A Poem (Part II)
"The Earthly Paradise: A Poem (Part II)" by William Morris is an epic poem published between 1868 and 1870. The work features a frame story about medieval Norse wanderers who, failing to find eternal life, settle among Greek colonists. Together they exchange tales—twelve from classical mythology and twelve from Norse and medieval legends—across monthly feasts following the seasons. This ambitious collection of retellings established Morris as a leading Victorian poet and later influenced Tolkien's use of frame narratives in his legendarium.
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The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems
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The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
The Art and Craft of Printing
The Roots of the Mountains
Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair
A Dream of John Ball; and, A King's Lesson
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung
Signs of Change
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough
The Story of the Glittering Plain
Pygmalion and the Image
Old French Romances, Done into English
