The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems

And ever the great bell overhead
Boom'd in the wind a knell for the dead --
Though no one toll'd it, a knell for the dead!
-- "The Blue Closet"

Here Morris explores many of the ideas and themes that would provide continued inspiration throughout his long and influential career -- especially those arising out of the Arthurian tradition, such as "King Arthur's Tomb," and "Sir Galahad, A Christmas Mystery." And ever the great bell overhead Boom'd in the wind a knell for the dead -- Though no one toll'd it, a knell for the dead! -- "The Blue Closet"