The nineteenth block in the series (numbers corresponding to a list copied from one written by William Morris). Printed with the twenty-second block on a single sheet: P.12169-R(b). The blocks were cut c.1868-8, but these proofs were probably printed in the 1880s. Sheet has two "Primrose" watermarks. Around fifty of the designs for Morris's poems, "The Earthly Paradise", were cut as woodblocks by William Morris, George Campfield, Elizabeth Burden and George Wardle, though Morris later abandoned the project. According to a list copied from one made by William Morris, which lists the titles and block cutter's names, the set owned by the Fitzwilliam is incomplete. J.R. Holliday also owned a bound volume containing 86 studies for illustrations to 'The Story of Cupid and Psyche' and a collection of tracings of the designs, which he bequeathed to Birmingham Art Gallery.
"Loved as thou art, thy short-lived pains are worth The glory and the joy unspeakable Wherein the Treasure of the World shall dwell: A little hope, a little patience yet, Ere everything thou wilt , thou mayst forget Or else remember as a well-told tale, That for some pensive pleasure may avail." William Morris - The Earthly Paradise Quoted by G Uerscheln & M Kalusok p 192 "Now, sister, tell us when these wonders come With all the godlike splendour of our home." "Sisters", she said "more marvels shall ye see When ye have been a little while with me." William Morris - The Earthly Paradise Quoted by G Uerscheln & M Kalusok p 196