"Not like Homer would I write, Not like……" — William Allingham
"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 myself, however small, Like myself, or not at all."
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William Allingham
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27 Quotes by William Allingham
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Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.
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Round the world and home again, that's the sailor's way!
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If any foes of mine are there, I pardon every one: I hope that man and womankind will do the…
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I always get back to the question, is it really necessary that men should consume so much of their bodily…
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She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away.
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O Spirit of the Summertime! Bring back the roses to the dells; The swallow from her distant clime, The honey-bee…
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Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly every day.
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Fairies, arouse! Mix with your song Harplet and pipe, Thrilling and clear, Swarm on the boughs! Chant in a throng!…
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I have been an "Official" all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true…
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Four ducks on a pond, / A grass-bank beyond, / A blue sky of spring, / White clouds on the…
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The trees are Indian Princes, But soon they'll turn to Ghosts; The scanty pears and apples Hang russet on the…
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A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life becomes eventful—then, His busy hand…
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