Chequer’d with woven shadows as I layAmong the grass, blinking the watery gleam,I saw...
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. |