The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

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The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs is by William Morris, and its contents list Book I, Sigmund. The contents also list Of the birth and fostering of Sinfiotli, Signy's Son, and Of the slaying of Siggeir the Goth-king. One speaker says, In peace will I go to his bidding let the spae-wrights ban or bless, and all men cry with one voice that they one and all would go.

Gunnar the goodly war-king speaks his greeting, and the fair-armed Gudrun, the Maiden, pours the wine of King-folk and says, Hail, Sigurd the Volsung! may I see thy joy increase. King Atli is golden-clad, wears a heavy golden crown and strides exceeding slow, and others tremble before him.

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William Morris

William Morris (1834-1896) was an English poet, designer, and socialist whose wallpapers and textiles helped define the Arts and Crafts movement. Late in life he turned to prose romances set in imagined lands, and those books are now regarded as foundations of modern fantasy literature.