Sir Lewis Morris was a Welsh academic and politician. He was also a popular poet of the Anglo-Welsh school. Wikipedia
“The world still needs
Its champion as of old, and finds him still.”
The Epic of Hades (1877), "Herakles".
A new Orphic Hymn, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Ode of Evil, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The passionate love of Right, the burning hate of Wrong.”
The Diamond Jubilee, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Life-Music, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Le Vent de l'Esprit, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Toil is the law of life and its best fruit.”
The Ode of perfect Years, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Tolerance, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Rest springs from strife and dissonant chords beget
Divinest harmonies.”
Love's Suicide, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Love for Love
And Blood for Blood—the simple golden rule
Taught by the elder gods.”
Book I: Tartarus. "Clytemnestra", line125; p. 62.
The Epic of Hades (1877)
"Evensong", line 25, in Songs of Two Worlds: Third series (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875), p. 23.
