Author: H. Buxton Forman

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-27

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9781332003679

Excerpt from The Books of William Morris: Described With Some Account of His, Doings in Literature and in the Allied Crafts Dear Son, - In this poor gift there's fitness; For when into the world you came, You got - and let this leaf bear witness - A twice associated name. Our well-belov'd friend Bucke's prenomen We gave you - and the letters show it: Still, we'd an eye upon the omen That that same name described a poet. 'Tis naught but simple truth I'm telling - Two sponsors' names in one we found, With some slight difference in the spelling And none whatever in the sound. While yet a lad you loved to walk about The book-room mingling lore with chaff; And well you knew some tomes I talk about In this my biobibliograph. Later, the "midnight lamp" has seen us In that same book-room all alone; But since the Atlantic heaved between us Those Morris rows have grown and grown; And still with every teeming year That made the listening world his debtor I grew to hold the man more dear And ever loved the poet better. (Ah! Morris, it was well to know you - Whatever comes of it, it was well - Though dry the sprigs of bay I throw you, Right fain were I to be your Boswell!) So long, dear Boy! The ship's in port That scores the Atlantic east and west; Those rollers huge she'll make her sport, And bring you this at my behest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.