William Morris
William Morris
William Morriswas an English textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, 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 played a significant role in propagating the early socialist movement in Britain...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 March 1834
trustees
We are only the trustees for those who come after us.
deeds fellowship sake
And the deeds that ye do upon this earth, it is for fellowship's sake that ye do them.
jewels jewelry jewellery
Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.
pain world bitter
A world made to be lost, -A bitter life 'twixt pain and nothing tost.
summer air bells
To happy folkAll heaviest words no more of meaning bearThan far-off bells saddening the Summer air.
weed rain men
The wind is not helpless for any man's need, Nor falleth the rain but for thistle and weed.
stress lying voice
From out the throng and stress of lies, from out the painful noise of sighs, one voice of comfort seems to rise: "It is the meaner part that dies.
fighting men names
I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name.
spring flower moon
There was a knight came riding by In early spring, when the roads were dry; And he heard that lady sing at the noon, Two red roses across the moon.
rewards life-is enough
The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?
garden fruit chiefs
As to the garden, it seems to me its chief fruit is-blackbirds.
friendship heaven earth
Forsooth, brethren, fellowship is heaven and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life and lack of fellowship is death; and the deeds that ye do upon the earth, it is for fellowship's sake that ye do them.
blue eyelashes long
Beauty is that little something that fills the whole world, and is contained neither in a single straight nose, a long eyelash, nor a blue mountain. Some see it in a leg of mutton, others in a compound fracture; and to expect others to accept one's own definition of it is as absurd as to expect all humanity to use the same toilet-brush.
rose trying painting
Don't put needless expense into painting a head! Don't try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no one can unite them if painted separately. Keep the impression of your subject as one thing!