All the rivers I make, Kelmscott
All the rivers I make
All the rivers
flow into me
Cray and Evenlode
All the patterns
they make
Lea and Loden
All the roll and ramble,
bind and blossom,
All the turn and tangle,
cling and carry
All the lives I live
in the patterns
they make
Kennet and Wandle
All the rivers
flow out of me
Cray and Evenload
Kelmscott
Kelmscott Manor, in the village of the same name, was the home of artist and designer William Morris, and the river with its many small tributaries was the inspiration for many of Morris’s best-loved designs.
Kelmscott is a beautifully preserved, small rural village on the north bank of the River Thames in West Oxfordshire, close to the Gloucestershire border and about 2.5 miles east of Lechlade.