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daithitoms: Today's find: a copy of The Book of Ballads by William Allingham inscribed to Thoning Owesen, the Irish-born Norwegian merchant and philanthropist. They were first cousins. Owesen is buried in the grounds of Trondheim cathedral.

EngKevBarbs: If any foes of mine are there, I pardon every one I hope that man and womankind will do the same by me. William Allingham

bufocalvin: Happy bookish birthdays, 19 March, to: William Allingham (The Fairies), David Saperstein (Cocoon), Irving Wallace (The Word), Tobias George Smollet (The Adventures of Roderick Random)...

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

NathanFrancis__: O pale green sea, With long, pale, purple clouds above - What lies in me like weight of love ? Poems:

BaltimoreParade: 19 Mar 1824, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal: William Allingham born. The author was best known for the poem The Faeries, and his posthumously published Diary.

whochulainn: 18th century Irish poet William Allingham describes the appearance of the leprechaun as: "A wrinkled, wizen'd, and bearded Elf, Spectacles stuck on his pointed nose, Silver buckles to his hose, Leather apron— shoe in his lap"

FJMachinery: Quadcrate is a multi-awardwinning manufacturer of ATV and UTV handling accessories located in Fermanagh. Gary Abbott caught up with MD William Allingham to find out more about the business.

farmersjournal: Quadcrate is a multi-awardwinning manufacturer of ATV and UTV handling accessories located in Fermanagh. Gary Abbott caught up with MD William Allingham to find out more about the business.

surnamesirish: Name today is Allingham

SafetyMentalst: "Adieu to Belshanny" by William Allingham: The mournful song of exile is now for me to learn Adieu, my dear companions on the winding banks of Erne!

VandA_Bot: Print by Richard Doyle, entitled 'Plate I A Rehearsal in Fairy Land', part of a volume 'In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf World' with a Poem by William Allingham, published London, 1870

ScaryFGodmother: Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together, Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather! William Allingham, The Fairies

_NimritTeam_: NIMRIT DESERVES TROPHY Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day. - William Allingham..

24zeitgeist: La Femme. : William Allingham

Godgift64107811: Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day. -William Allingham DESERVING FINALIST SUMBUL

ag53478069: 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 *William Allingham

MelanieJaxn: The fireside for the Cricket, The wheatstack for the Mouse, When trembling night-winds whistle And moan all round the house; The frosty ways like iron, The branches plumed with snow, — Alas! in Winter, dead and dark, Where can poor Robin go? -William Allingham

shabbychiccity: Antique Colour Etching Print Signed William J Allingham 23” By 15” on Vellum

Cl0sure1: “Where do all the lovely children go to? Are these stupid people what they grow to?” —William Allingham

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Sebastiannkenet: Fairies,’ and it is by William Allingham. Of course he

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SelectiveSalvag: “Autumn’s the mellow time” (William Allingham) … which makes it the perfect time to BUY VINTAGE.

noranor58333314: Fairies,’ and it is by William Allingham. Of course he

IllinoisRBML: The “William Allingham Papers, 1846-1920” has been added to UIUC Library’s Digital Collections! The collection houses Allingham’s personal correspondence & features many important 19th c. artistic and literary figures!

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RobCross247: The Allingham Memorial Bridge: Demolished the in the 1940s and the course of the river was changed to allow for the production of electricity at Cathaleen's Falls. Erected on the bridge is a plaque commemorating one of Ballyshannon's native poets, William Allingham (1824-1889).

BobCox_SFE: Popular for Christmas.’The Elf Singing’ by William Allingham featured in this book. ‘The Wizard! The Wizard! He changes his shape In crawling along-- An ugly old ape, A poisonous lizard, A spotted spider, A wormy glider The Wizard! The Wizard! …

GeorgeConk: Voyages>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>: The Winding Banks of Erne - by William Allingham - Irish Arts Center Poetry Festival

CtApproximately: 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 -William Allingham

EithneHarley: The Mother was on fire tonight for poetry hour. Lessons and all for her daughter reciting a poem she taught all her students - Four Ducks On A Pond, by William Allingham. A side you haven’t seen before

BaltimoreParade: 18 Nov 1889: William Allingham died, London, England. He wrote the poem The Faeries and the posthumously published Diary.

praashok: Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. William Allingham

TodayQuote_in: Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. -William Allingham

marmaladesunset: William Allingham Quotes - BrainyQuote

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WayneByrne100: As the doorway to the underworld is upon us with Samhain here is a story penned by William Allingham in the 1800s about the mischievous Farie folk stealing a child away to the underworld.

platospupil: Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods, And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. –William Allingham, Irish poet (1824–89)

kevblue777: Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods, And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. –William Allingham, Irish poet (1824–89)

MelanieJaxn: Tell me your message, Ye who are calling Out of the dimness vague and vast? – Lift me, take me, – the night is falling; Quick, let us go, – the day is past! -William Allingham

MelanieJaxn: A fair witch crept to a young man’s side, And he kiss’d her and took her for his bride. But a Shape came in at the dead of night, And fill’d the room with snowy light. And he saw how in his arms there lay A thing more frightful than mouth may say. -William Allingham

UlyssesReader: Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland by William Allingham (second edition, green cloth, gilt trefoil design, previous owner's name on recto of flyleaf erased). A Handbook of Astronomy (cover,

peachegonzales: Everything passes and vanishes; Everything leaves its trace; And often you see in a footstep What you could not see in a face. — William Allingham

scott_mc114: Everything passes and vanishes; Everything leaves its trace; And often you see in a footstep What you could not see in a face. ~William Allingham

kevblue777: Bright yellow, red and orange, The leaves come down in hosts; The trees are Indian princes, But soon they'll turn to ghosts. –William Allingham, Irish poet (1824–89)

platospupil: Bright yellow, red and orange, The leaves come down in hosts; The trees are Indian princes, But soon they'll turn to ghosts. –William Allingham, Irish poet (1824–89)

BoylanRoger: "The poet launched a stately fleet: it sank. / His fame was rescued by a single plank." William Allingham (1824-1889). Still clinging to that plank. This is Allingham, who looked like every other Victorian gent.

EmilyCTaylor2: "Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt." William Allingham

aqsa0021: everything passes and vanishes everything leaves its trace and often you see in a footstep what you could not see in a face ~William Allingham

Sammymwiti: Beautiful introspective. Reminiscent of William Allingham's short poem "Everything Passes and Vanishes".

MelanieJaxn: I hear strange voices, flitting, calling, Wavering by on the dusky blast, – “Come, let us go, for the night is falling; Come, let us go, for the day is past!” -William Allingham

Ask_DPGI: The Fairies by William Allingham

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Greebohobbes: William Allingham, 1876, by Helen Allingham Her hubby, he was an Irish poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem "The Faeries" was much anthologised.

graywyvern: "Tennyson read Baudelaire's Fleurs du Mal, and thought him 'a kind of moralist,' though his subjects, he allowed, are shocking." --William Allingham in: Tennyson, Interviews & Recollections (1983)

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