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His story is like some splendid old tapestry crowded with stately images and enriched with delicate and delightful detail. HIS STORY IS LIKE SOME SPLENDID OLD TAPESTRY CROWDED WITH STATELY IMAGES AND ENRICHED WITH DELICATE AND DELIGHTFUL DETAIL
se, 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. 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. But Mr. Morris has always preferred romance to tragedy, and set the development of action above the concentration of passion.  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 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 BUT MISTER MORRIS HAS ALWAYS PREFERRED ROMANCE TO TRAGEDY AND SET THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACTION ABOVE THE CONCENTRATION OF PASSION
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