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A Dream of John Ball
William Morris
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When he had done, another began in something of the same strain, but singing more of a song than a story ballad; and thus much I remember of it:
The Sheriff is made a mighty lord,
Of goodly gold he hath enow,
And many a sergeant girt with sword;
But forth will we and bend the bow.
We shall bend the bow on the lily lea
Betwixt the thorn and the oaken tree.
With stone and lime is the burg wall built,
And pit and prison are stark and strong,
And many a true man there is spilt,
And many a right man doomed by wrong.
So forth shall we and bend the bow
And the king's writ never the road shall know.
Now yeomen walk ye warily,
And heed ye the houses where ye go,
For as fair and as fine as they may be,
Lest behind your heels the door c. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
A little slow of the mark with historical scene setting, but when it gets to the discussion between Ball and Morris about conditions of the labouring (working) class in the 14th and 19th centuries, and how much worse things had become - people reduced to "Tharlldom" (wage slaves) - in the latter, de
Charming 19th century commentary on social class and the struggles of the working class.
Very simply written but enjoyable. Bit slow to start but picked up and improved towards the end.
Genteel English socialism for those with a taste for medieval romance and stained glass, and of historical interest precisely because of those contradictory impulses.
Amazing.
William Morris - designer, dreamer, artist, writer, social critic - was among late nineteenth-century Britain's most engaging individuals. He was, in a sense, Tolkien before Tolkien existed, enraptured by northern European sagas and their language, enamored of the artistry of medieval craftspeople -