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Tweet"Now of Walter and the Maid is no more to be told, saving that they begat between them goodly sons and fair daughters; whereof came a great lineage in Stark-wall; which lineage was so strong, and endured so long a while, that by then it had died out, folk had clean forgotten their ancient Custom of king-making, so that after Walter of Langton there was never another king that came down to them poor and lonely from out of the Mountains of the Bears. "
William Morris the Last Line of in Wood Beyond the World
Originally Published Jan. 1, 1894
Digital edition:
118 pages - March 17, 2011