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.

(C) William Allingham
03/06/2017


Best Poems of William Allingham

• The Touchstone
• An Evening
• The Eviction
• A Gravestone
• Song
• The Maids Of Elfin-mere
• After Sunset
• A Singer
• The Abbot Of Innisfallen
• Adieu To Belshanny
• Abbey Assaroe
• The Winter Pear
• Song. O Spirit Of The Summer-time!
• The Bubble
• Writing
• Song. O Spirit Of The Summer-time!
• Places And Men
• The Winding Banks Of Erne
• Wishing