SOURCE: Pater, Walter. “Poems by William Morris.” In Pre-Raphaelitism: A Collection of Critical Essays, edited by James Sambook, pp. 105-17. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1974.
In the following essay, originally published in The Westminster Review in 1868, Pater gives a reading of Morris's oeuvre with an emphasis on the mixture of Hellenic, medieval, and modern influences in the poet's works.
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