William Allingham Quotes - Page 2

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• Sin we have explain'd away; Unluckily, the sinners stay.

  William Allingham

  Sin, Sinner

  William Allingham, Helen Paterson Allingham (1912). “Poems”

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• Scarcely a tear to shed; Hardly a word to say; The end of a Summer's day; Sweet Love is dead.

  William Allingham

  Summer, Sweet, Love Is

  William Allingham, Helen Paterson Allingham (1912). “Poems”

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• 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 hear.

  William Allingham

  Song, Morning, Waiting

  William Allingham (1877). “Songs, Ballads, and Stories: Including Many Now First Collected, the Rest Revised and Rearranged”

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• I believe in Success,
  And in Comfort no less
  I believe all the rest is but patter.

  William Allingham

  Believe, Comfort, I Believe

  William Allingham, Helen Paterson Allingham (1912). “Poems”

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• History of Ireland--lawlessness and turbulency, robbery and oppression, hatred and revenge, blind selfishness everywhere--no principle, no heroism. What can be done with it?

  William Allingham

  Revenge, Hatred, Selfishness

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• Ring-ting! I wish I were a primrose, A bright yellow primrose blowing in the spring! The stooping boughs above me, The wandering bee to love me, The fern and moss to creep across, And the elm-tree for our king!

  William Allingham

  Kings, Spring, Yellow

  William Allingham (1855). “The music master, a love story, and two series of Day and night songs”, p.176

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• 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?

  William Allingham

  Work, Men, Feelings

  William Allingham (1907). “William Allingham: a diary”

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• The mother's kiss is the sweetest thing ever.

  William Allingham

  Mother, Kissing, Sweetest

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