The House of the Wolfings

THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS

A TALE OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS AND ALL THE KINDREDS OF THE MARK WRITTEN IN PROSE AND IN VERSE

by William Morris

Whiles in the early Winter eve

We pass amid the gathering night

Some homestead that we had to leave

Years past; and see its candles bright

Shine in the room beside the door

Where we were merry years agone

But now must never enter more,

As still the dark road drives us on.

E'en so the world of men may turn

At even of some hurried day

And see the ancient glimmer burn

Across the waste that hath no way;

Then with that faint light in its eyes

A while I bid it linger near

And nurse in wavering memories

The bitter-sweet of days that were.

CHAPTER I—THE DWELLINGS OF MID-MARK
CHAPTER II—THE FLITTING OF THE WAR-ARROW
CHAPTER III—THIODOLF TALKETH WITH THE WOOD-SUN
CHAPTER IV—THE HOUSE FARETH TO THE WAR
CHAPTER V—CONCERNING THE HALL-SUN
CHAPTER VI—THEY TALK ON THE WAY TO THE FOLK-THING
CHAPTER VII—THEY GATHER TO THE FOLK-MOTE
CHAPTER VIII—THE FOLK-MOTE OF THE MARKMEN
CHAPTER IX—THE ANCIENT MAN OF THE DAYLINGS
CHAPTER X—THAT CARLINE COMETH TO THE ROOF OF THE WOLFINGS
CHAPTER XI—THE HALL-SUN SPEAKETH
CHAPTER XII—TIDINGS OF THE BATTLE IN MIRKWOOD
CHAPTER XIII—THE HALL-SUN SAITH ANOTHER WORD
CHAPTER XIV—THE HALL-SUN IS CAREFUL CONCERNING THE PASSES OF THE WOOD
CHAPTER XV—THEY HEAR TELL OF THE BATTLE ON THE RIDGE
CHAPTER XVI—HOW THE DWARF-WROUGHT HAUBERK WAS BROUGHT AWAY FROM THE HALL OF THE DAYLINGS
CHAPTER XVII—THE WOOD-SUN SPEAKETH WITH THIODOLF
CHAPTER XVIII—TIDINGS BROUGHT TO THE WAIN-BURG
CHAPTER XIX—THOSE MESSENGERS COME TO THIODOLF
CHAPTER XX—OTTER AND HIS FOLK COME INTO MID-MARK
CHAPTER XXI—THEY BICKER ABOUT THE FORD
CHAPTER XXII—OTTER FALLS ON AGAINST HIS WILL
CHAPTER XXIII—THIODOLF MEETETH THE ROMANS IN THE WOLFING MEADOW
CHAPTER XXIV—THE GOTHS ARE OVERTHROWN BY THE ROMANS
CHAPTER XXV—THE HOST OF THE MARKMEN COMETH INTO THE WILD-WOOD
CHAPTER XXVI—THIODOLF TALKETH WITH THE WOOD-SUN
CHAPTER XXVII—THEY WEND TO THE MORNING BATTLE
CHAPTER XXVIII—OF THE STORM OF DAWNING
CHAPTER XXIX—OF THIODOLF'S STORM
CHAPTER XXX—THIODOLF IS BORNE OUT OF THE HALL AND OTTER IS LAID BESIDE HIM
CHAPTER XXXI—OLD ASMUND SPEAKETH OVER THE WAR-DUKES: THE DEAD ARE LAID IN MOUND

Footnotes

[1] Welsh with these men means Foreign, and is used for all people of Europe who are not of Gothic or Teutonic blood.

[2] i.e. Foreigners: see note [1].

This work was published before January 1, 1927, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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