The ninth block in the series (numbers corresponding to a list copied from one written by William Morris). Printed with the twelfth block on a single sheet: P.12165-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.
"And yet again, not knowing where to bide, She entered softly, and with trembling hands Holding her gown; the wonders of all the lands Met there the wonders of the land and sea." William Morris - The Earthly Paradise Quoted by G Uerscheln & M Kalusok p 176 "But brought unto a bath with flowers, Made dainty with a fount's sweet-smelling showers." William Morris - The Earthly Paradise Quoted by G Uerscheln & M Kalusok p 244