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RONDEL by ANONYMOUS

First Line: BEHOLD THE WORKS OF WILLIAM MORRIS
Last Line: BEHOLD THE WORKS OF WILLIAM MORRIS!
Subject(s): "MORRIS, WILLIAM (1834-1896);"

Behold the works of William Morris,
Epics, and here and there wall-papery,
Mild, mooney, melancholy vapoury
A sort of Chaucer minus Horace.
Spun out like those of William Loris,
Who wrote of amourous red-tapery,
Behold the works of William Morris,
Epics, and here and there wall-papery!
Long ladies, knights, and earles and choristers in the most appropriate drapery
Samite and silk and spotless napery,
Sunflowers and apple blossoms and orris,
Behold the works of William Morris!



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