One of some forty-five wood engravings designed by Burne-Jones and mostly cut by William Morris illustrating the 'Cupid and Psyche' story for a lavish publication of William Morris''The Earthly Paradise'. Trial proofs at the Chiswick Press, were considered unsuccessful as a union of text and image, and the project was abandoned. This woodblock was cut by Elizabeth Burden, the sister of Jane Morris, wife of William.It was not until the late 1880s that sets of proofs were made. Sir Sydney Cockerell noted that eight sets were printed under the direction of Emery Walker, the total number of sets is unclear. Birmingham's set where given by Morris to the Birmingham architect John Henry Chamberlain (1831-83). The illustrations and the poem were finally printed in 1973 with an introduction by A.R. Duffy.
""Farewell! though I, a God, can never know How thou canst lose thy pain, yet time will go..." Therewith he caught his shafts up and his bow, And striding through the chambers did he go, Light all around him; and she wailing sore, Still followed after; but he turned no more." William Morris - The Earthly Paradise Quoted by G Uerscheln & M Kalusok p 202