William Allingham Quotes About Autumn

Quotes about: Autumn

• Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.

  William Allingham

  Fall, Autumn, Fire

  William Allingham (1860). “Day and Night Songs; and The Music-master: A Love Poem”, p.78

• 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 late, 'Twill soon be Winter now. Robin, Robin Redbreast, O Robin dear! And what will this poor Robin do? For pinching days are near.

  William Allingham

  Winter, Autumn, Apples

  William Allingham (1877). “Songs, Ballads, and Stories: Including Many Now First Collected, the Rest Revised and Rearranged”, p.169

• Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods, And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt, And night by night the monitory blast Wails in the key-hole, telling how it pass'd O'er empty fields, or upland solitudes, Or grim wide wave; and now the power is felt Of melancholy, tenderer in its moods Than any joy indulgent Summer dealt.

  William Allingham

  Summer, Fall, Autumn

  William Allingham (1854). “Day and Night Songs”

• Autumn's the mellow time.

  William Allingham

  Inspiring, Time, Autumn

  William Allingham (1883). “Evil May-day, &c”

• 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 feel the good time is well-nigh past.

  William Allingham

  Sadness, Autumn, Past

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

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