The Collected Poems of William Allingham

by William Allingham

This collection contains 49 classic poems by William Allingham! It has been formatted for optimal viewing on the Kindle and is equipped with an active Table of Contents for smooth navigation! The collection includes the following

A Day-Dream's Reflection
A Dream
A Gravestone
A Memory
A Seed
A Singer
Abbey Assaroe
The Winding Banks of Erne
Aeolian Harp
After Sunset
Amy Margaret's Five Year Old
An Evening
Autumnal Sonnet
Down on the Shore
Half-waking
In a Spring Grove
In Snow
Late Autumn
The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker
The Little Dell
Meadowsweet
On a Forenoon of Spring
Places and Men
Robin Redbreast
The Boy
The Eviction
The Fairies
These Little Songs
The Touchstone
Wayside Flowers
Writing
Daffodil
The Elf Singing
The Bubble
The Abbot of Innisfallen
St. Margaret’s Eve
Song
Lovely Mary Donnelly
Let Me Sing of What I Know
Kate O’Belashanny
Wishing
To the Author of ‘Hesperides
The Winter Pear
The Ruined Chapel
The Nobleman’s Wedding
The Maids of Elfin-Mere
The Lover and Birds
The Girl’s Lamentation
Twilight Voices

Genres: Poetry

88 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 29, 2011

About the author

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.


Librarian Note: For the English physician go to William Allingham.

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

I first encountered Allingham in The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady--one of his poems was quoted in it. I was disappointed not to have read him before and determined to immediately rectify that deficiency. Allingham is a delightful Irish poet, whose nature poems are exquisitely beautiful and just a bit heartbreaking (mostly because I'm here and not there). He's someone I need to add to my personal library ASAP.

Recommended.

Update, 6/4/25:
I have apparently become the sort of person who reads William Allingham's poems to my geese.

This is not something I would have imagined four years ago when I first read this collection of poetry. But I can't say that I'm mad about it. This particular book, though, is best suited for reading to your poultry in the fall, for anyone who is looking for a good livestock read aloud.

[B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

The typesetting was rather poor, but beyond that, it was quite lovely to re-read these poems again. The imagery is still as strong and vivid as it was when the poems first captured my attention as a child, and I'm still as enamored with them as an adult as I was when they were first introduced to me. You really can't beat the classics, and this only serves to reinforce that fact.