William Allingham

thumb|right William Allingham (19 March 1824 – November 18, 1889) was an Irish man of letters and poet. Quotes Up the airy mountain,Down the rushy glen,We daren't go a-hunting,For fear of little men. Poem: The Fairies. No funeral gloom, my dears, when I am gone, corpse-gazing, tears, black raiment, graveyard grimness. Think of me as withdrawn into the dimness, yours still, you mine. Remember all the best of our past moments, and forget the rest; and so to where I wait, come gently on. Poem: No funeral gloom - part of funeral of actress Ellen Terry 1928. Out of the city, far awayWith spring to-day!Where copses tufted with primroseGive me repose,Wood-sorrel and wild violetSoothe my soul's fret. Poem: A Holiday. Winds and waters keepA hush more dead than any sleep. Ruined Chapel; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woodsAnd day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. Autumnal Sonnet; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Autumn's the mellow time. The Winter Pear; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Oh, bring again my heart's content, Thou Spirit of the Summer-time! Song; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Scarcely a tear to shed; Hardly a word to say;The end of a Summer's day; Sweet Love is dead. An Evening; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Tantarrara! the joyous Book of Spring Lies open, writ in blossoms. Daffodil; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Mary kept the belt of love, and oh, but she was gay!She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away. Lovely Mary Donnelly; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). External links Category:Poets from Ireland Category:1824 births Category:1889 deaths li:William Allingham