The Chapel in Lyoness

William Morris

General Description

Date: 1856
Rhyme: Mostly a4b4a4b3
Meter: Mostly quatrains

Scholarly Commentary

Guest Editor: PC Fleming

Introduction

This dramatic poem is by William Morris. Like many of his stories and poems in The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, it uses characters from Malory’s Morte d’Arthur. It was reprinted in The Defense of Guenevere and Other Poems (1858).

Printing History

First printed in The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine , September, 1856. Reprinted in The Defense of Guenevere and Other Poems (1858).

Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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