A man who keeps a diary, paysDue toll to many tedious days;But life becomes...
William Allingham
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William Allingham was an Irish poet, diarist and editor who lived from 1824 to 1889. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem “The Faeries” was much anthologised. He is also known for his posthumously published Diary, in which he records his lively encounters with Tennyson, Carlyle and other writers and artists. |
Pluck not the wayside flower,It is the traveller’s dower;A thousand passers-byIts beauties may espy,May...
A man there came, whence none could tell,Bearing a Touchstone in his hand;And tested...
These little Songs,Found here and there,Floating in airBy forest and lea,Or hill-side heather,In houses...
Up the airy mountain,Down the rushy glen,We daren’t go a-huntingFor fear of little men;Wee...
In early morning twilight, raw and chill,Damp vapours brooding on the barren hill,Through miles...
The Boy from his bedroom-windowLook’d over the little town,And away to the bleak black...
Good-bye, good-bye to Summer!For Summer’s nearly done;The garden smiling faintly,Cool breezes in the sun;Our...
In Sussex here, by shingle and by sand,Flat fields and farmsteads in their wind-blown...
I’m glad I am alive, to see and feelThe full deliciousness of this bright...