The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems
By William Morris
Cover: La Belle Iseult (1858), oil on canvas by William Morris (1834-1896) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1896)
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William Morris's first book of poems, from 1858, gives Queen Guenevere's defence before her accusers, Sir Galahad's Christmas vision, the dramatic scenes of Sir Peter Harpdon's End, Rapunzel, and a run of dark and bright ballads of the Hundred Years' War. It includes The Haystack in the Floods.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Table of contents
- 1: The Defence of Guenevere
- 2: King Arthur's Tomb
- 3: Sir Galahad, a Christmas Mystery
- 4: The Chapel in Lyoness
- 5: Sir Peter Harpdon's End
- 6: Rapunzel
- 7: Concerning Geffray Teste Noire
- 8: A Good Knight in Prison
- 9: Old Love
- 10: The Gilliflower of Gold
- 11: Shameful Death
- 12: The Eve of Crecy
- 13: The Judgment of God
- 14: The Little Tower
- 15: The Sailing of the Sword
- 16: Spell-Bound
- 17: The Wind
- 18: The Blue Closet
- 19: The Tune of Seven Towers
- 20: Golden Wings
- 21: The Haystack in the Floods
- 22: Two Red Roses Across the Moon
- 23: Welland River
- 24: Riding Together
- 25: Father John's War-Song
- 26: Sir Giles' War-Song
- 27: Near Avalon
- 28: Praise of My Lady
- 29: Summer Dawn