William Allingham Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

12 Famous Quotes by William Allingham
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“Till glowworms light owl-watchmen's flight Through our green metropolis.”
Glowworms Quotes
Source: Greenwood Tree
“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.”
Autumn Quotes
Source: Day and Night Songs--Autumnal Sonnet
“Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a hunting For fear of little men”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life becomes eventful - then, His busy hand forgets the pen. Most books, indeed, are records less Of fulness than of emptiness.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woodsAnd day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Alas! in winter, dead and dark,Where can poor Robin go?”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Four ducks on a pond, / A grass-bank beyond, / A blue sky of spring, / White clouds on the wing: / What a little thing / To remember for years - / To remember with tears!”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I believe in Success,And in Comfort no lessI believe all the rest is but patter.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Scarcely a tear to shed;Hardly a word to say;The end of a Summer's day;Sweet Love is dead.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“But this is not my little bed;That time is far away;With strangers now I live instead,From dreary day to day.”
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“Before a day was over,Home comes the rover,For mother's kiss—sweeter thisThan any other thing!”
Miscellaneous Quotes