"Soul's Castle fell at one blast of temptation,……" — William Allingham
"Soul's Castle fell at one blast of temptation, But many a worm had pierced the foundation."
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William Allingham
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27 Quotes by William Allingham
William Allingham has 27 quotes on this site.
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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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More Blast Quotes
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Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast…
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What a blast it is to be here with Michael Moore.
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Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
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There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously…
— Walt Kelly
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I now have absolute proof that smoking even one marijuana cigarette is equal in brain damage to being on Bikini…
— Ronald Reagan
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May there not be methods of using explosive energy incomparably more intense than anything heretofore discovered? Might not a bomb…
— Winston Churchill
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The Christian life is stamped by 'moral spontaneous originality,' consequently the disciple is open to the same charge that Jesus…
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What an indulgence it would be, to just blow off my head, all my mean spirits disappearing with a gun…
— Gillian Flynn
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And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast, And been bow'd to the earth by its fury; To whom the…
— Thomas Hood
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Some golfers blast their ball from traps, With one adroit explosion, But others, out in ten perhaps, Depend upon erosion.
— Richard Armour
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Needy knife-grinder! whither are ye going? Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order; Bleak blows the blast-your…
— George Canning
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They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells…
— Desiderius Erasmus
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