I once a King and chief Now am the tree-bark's thief, Ever 'twixt trunk and leaf Chasing the prey.
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"I once a King and chief..."
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"I once a King and chief..." by William Morris
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"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"
William Morris (1834–1896) was an English poet, artist, and socialist reformer associated with the Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts and Crafts movement. His epic poems "The Earthly Paradise" and "Sigurd the Volsung" draw on medieval legend and Norse mythology.
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