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William Allingham

Born

in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland

March 19, 1824

Died

November 18, 1889

Genre

Poetry, Folklore, Memoir

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William Allingham was an Irish poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem 'The Faeries' was much anthologised; but he is better known for his posthumously published Diary, in which he records his lively encounters with Tennyson, Carlyle and other writers and artists.

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	The Fairies by William Allingham, Michael Hague 3.83 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1850 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf World by William Allingham, Richard Doyle (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1870 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sixteen Poems by William Allingham: Selected by William Butler Yeats 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2006 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Poems of William Allingham really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Diary: 1824-1889 by William Allingham, Helen Paterson Allingham, Dollie Radford really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1985 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lepracaun, or, Fairy Shoemaker liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1909	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Day and night songs; and The music-master : a love poem it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Day and night songs 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1854 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fifty Modern Poems liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day.”
― William Allingham

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“Not like Homer would I write,
Not like Dante if I might,
Not like Shakespeare at his best,
Not like Goethe or the rest,
Like myself, however small,
Like myself, or not at all.”
― William Allingham, Blackberries

tags: dante, dante-alighieri, goethe, homer, johann-wolfgang-von-goethe, shakespeare, william-shakespeare

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“Round the world and home again, that's the sailor's way!”
― William Allingham

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