William Allingham Quotes

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• Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.
• Round the world and home again, that's the sailor's way!
• If any foes of mine are there, I pardon every one: I hope that man and womankind will do the same by me.
• I always get back to the question, is it really necessary that men should consume so much of their bodily and mental energies in the…
• She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away.
• O Spirit of the Summertime! Bring back the roses to the dells; The swallow from her distant clime, The honey-bee from drowsy cells. Bring back…
• Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly every day.
• Fairies, arouse! Mix with your song Harplet and pipe, Thrilling and clear, Swarm on the boughs! Chant in a throng! Morning is ripe, Waiting to…
• I have been an "Official" all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is highly…
• Four ducks on a pond, / A grass-bank beyond, / A blue sky of spring, / White clouds on the wing: / What a little…
• The trees are Indian Princes, But soon they'll turn to Ghosts; The scanty pears and apples Hang russet on the bough; Its Autumn, Autumn, Autumn…
• A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life becomes eventful—then, His busy hand forgets the pen. Most books,…
• Not like Homer would I write, Not like Dante if I might, Not like Shakespeare at his best, Not like Goethe or the rest, Like…
• Does not the latent feeling that much of their striving is to no purpose tend to infuse large quantities of sham into men's work?
• Solitude is very sad, Too much company twice as bad.
• Soul's Castle fell at one blast of temptation, But many a worm had pierced the foundation.
• Bare twigs in April enhance our pleasure; We know the good time is yet to come.... Bare twigs in Autumn are signs for sadness; We…
• One who can see without seeming to see-- That's an observer as good as three.
• Sin we have explain'd away; Unluckily, the sinners stay.
• Scarcely a tear to shed; Hardly a word to say; The end of a Summer's day; Sweet Love is dead.

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