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Thiodolf, finding out this secret, brings the hauberk back to the Wood Sun, as she is called, and chooses death for himself rather than the ruin of his cause, and so the story ends. THEODOLPH FINDING OUT THIS SECRET BRINGS THE HAUBERK BACK TO THE WOOD SUN AS SHE IS CALLED AND CHOOSES DEATH FOR HIMSELF RATHER THAN THE RUIN OF HIS CAUSE AND SO THE STORY ENDS
 great masterpieces of all time. It is a bad thing for an age to be always looking in art for its own reflection. It is well that, now and then, we are given work that is nobly imaginative in its method and purely artistic in its aim. As we read Mr. Morris's story with its fine alternations of verse and prose, its decorative and descriptive beauties, its wonderful handling of romantic and adventurous themes, we cannot but feel that we are as far removed from the ignoble fiction as we are from the ignoble facts of our own day. We breathe a purer air, and have dreams of a time when life had a kind of poetical quality of its own, and was simple and stately and complete. The tragic interest of The House of the Wolfings centres round the figure of Thiodolf, the great hero of the tribe. The goddess who loves him gives him, as he goes to battle against the Romans, a magical hauberk on which rests this strange fate: that he who wears it shall save his own life and destroy the life of his land. RELATION TO THE GREAT MASTERPIECES OF ALL TIME IT IS A BAD THING FOR AN AGE TO BE ALWAYS LOOKING IN ART FOR ITS OWN REFLECTION IT IS WELL THAT NOW AND THEN WE ARE GIVEN WORK THAT IS NOBLY IMAGINATIVE IN ITS METHOD AND PURELY ARTISTIC IN ITS AIM AS WE READ MISTER MORRIS'S STORY WITH ITS FINE ALTERNATIONS OF VERSE AND PROSE ITS DECORATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE BEAUTIES ITS WONDERFUL HANDLING OF ROMANTIC AND ADVENTUROUS THEMES WE CANNOT BUT FEEL THAT WE ARE AS FAR REMOVED FROM THE IGNOBLE FICTION AS WE ARE FROM THE IGNOBLE FACTS OF OUR OWN DAY WE BREATHE A PURER AIR AND HAVE DREAMS OF A TIME WHEN LIFE HAD A KIND OF POETICAL QUALITY OF ITS OWN AND WAS SIMPLE AND STATELY AND COMPLETE THE TRAGIC INTEREST OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS CENTERS ROUND THE FIGURE OF THIODOLF THE GREAT HERO OF THE TRIBE THE GODDESS WHO LOVES HIM GIVES HIM AS HE GOES TO BATTLE AGAINST THE ROMANS A MAGICAL HAUBERK ON WHICH RESTS THIS STRANGE FATE THAT HE WHO WEARS IT SHALL SAVE HIS OWN LIFE AND DESTROY THE LIFE OF HIS LAND
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