William Morris:
(Walthamstow, London, 24 March 1834 – London, 3 October 1896).
Chief designer and utopian thinker of 19th-century England. He is widely regarded as the founder of the fantasy genre. He is best known as the spiritual father of the arts-and-crafts movement. He was a versatile man: he was involved in literature, designing, printing and publishing books, designing wallpaper, textiles, tiles, carpets, furniture, stained glass and interiors.
How the wind howls this morn about the end of May and drives June on apace to mock the world forlorn, and the world’s joy passed away.
Yes, May is come, and its sweet breath shall well-nigh make you weep today, and pensive with swift-coming death, shall ye be satiate of the May.
Late February days, and now, at last, might you have thought that winter’s woe was past so fair the sky was and so soft the air.
March: Its motto, “Courage and strength in times of danger.”
