Atalanta’s Race
July 6, 2023The Blues
July 6, 2023A Good Knight In Prison
Wearily, drearily,
Half the day long,
Flap the great banners
High over the stone;
Strangely and eerily
Sounds the wind’s song,
Bending the banner-poles.
While, all alone,
Watching the loophole’s spark,
Lie I, with life all dark,
Feet tether’d, hands fetter’d
Fast to the stone,
The grim walls, square-letter’d
With prison’d men’s groan.
Still strain the banner-poles
Through the wind’s song,
Westward the banner rolls
Over my wrong.
William Morris
William Morris (1834-1896) was an English textile designer, poet, and socialist activist. He is known for his work in the Arts and Crafts Movement and his poetry collections, including The Earthly Paradise (1868-70).