William Allingham. 1824-1889. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

William Allingham. (1824–1889)

Winds and waters keep
A hush more dead than any sleep.

Ruined Chapel.

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

Autumnal Sonnet.

Autumn’s the mellow time.

The Winter Pear.

Oh, bring again my heart’s content,
Thou Spirit of the Summer-time!

Song.

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

An Evening.

Tantarrara! the joyous Book of Spring
Lies open, writ in blossoms.

Daffodil.

Mary kept the belt of love, and oh, but she was gay!
She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away.

Lovely Mary Donnelly.

    “O mother, mother, mak’ my bed
  To lay me down in sorrow.
My love has died for me to-day,
  I ’ll die for him to-morrow.”

Barbara Allen’s Cruelty from “Ballad Book.”