William Allingham (1821 - 1889)

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William Allingham, 1824-1889 Nationality: English Date of Birth: 19 March 1824 Place of Birth: Ballyshannon, County Date of Death: 18 November 1889 Place of Death: Eldon House, Lyndhurst Road, Identity: William Allingham was an Irish poet and civil servant. His father was a shipping merchant. The eldest of five children, his mother died when he was aged nine. Allingham married the watercolourist Helen Paterson in 1874. Life: H.. Continue..

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A Day-Dream's Reflection

A Dream

A Gravestone

A Memory

A Seed

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	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.

- William Allingham

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