William Allingham

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William Allingham


Born
in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland
March 19, 1824

Died
November 18, 1889

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

“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

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

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