William Allingham Quotes - Page 2

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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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• Winds and waters keepA hush more dead than any sleep.

  William Allingham

  Sleep, Wind, Water

  William Allingham, Helen Paterson Allingham (1850). “Poems”, p.109

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

  William Allingham

  Mother, Kissing, Sweetest

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