William Morris was born in Essex and educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He was the founding editor of the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine (1856) in which many of his early poems appear. He was a practising painter (1857-62) and public lecturer on art, architecture and socialism (1877-96). He founded the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, in 1890 and was a founding member the same year of the Hammersmith Socialist Society. He helped found the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (1877) which he served as secretary. His designs in things like furniture and fabrics contributed to the Arts and Crafts Movement and changed Victorian taste. He was president of the Birmingham Society of Arts and master of the Art Workers Guild. He found time to produce literary works and early influences on him included the Pre-Raphaelites, Ruskin, Carlyle and Rosetti. He declined a position as a
poetry professor at Oxford. A social and moral critic, he gave his first public lecture in 1887 and formed the Socialist league. He died, worn out by his various activities, and was buried at Kelmscott.
Poems by this Poet
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A Death Song | 30 July 2013 |
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A Death Song | 5 September 2014 |
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A Garden by the Sea | 29 November 2013 |
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A Garden By The Sea | 30 July 2013 |
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A Good Knight In Prison | 30 July 2013 |
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A Good Knight in Prison | 19 May 2014 |
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A Summer Night | 19 May 2014 |
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Agnes And The Hill-Man | 31 July 2013 |
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Agnes And The Hill-Man | 29 November 2013 |
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All For The Cause | 31 July 2013 |
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