A Day-Dream's Reflection (by: William Allingham (1824-1889)) Chequer'd with woven shadows as I lay Among the grass, blinking the watery gleam, I saw an Echo-Spirit in his bay Most idly floating in the noontide beam. continue reading
A Gravestone (by: William Allingham (1824-1889)) Far from the churchyard dig his grave, On some green mound beside the wave; To westward, sea and sky alone, continue reading
A Memory Four ducks on a pond, A grass-bank beyond, A blue sky of spring, White clouds on the wing; continue reading
A Seed (by: William Allingham (1824-1889)) See how a Seed, which Autumn flung down, And through the Winter neglected lay, Uncoils two little green leaves and two brown, With tiny root taking hold on the clay continue reading
A Singer (by: William Allingham (1824-1889)) That which he did not feel, he would not sing; What most he felt, religion it was to hide In a dumb darkling grotto, where the spring continue reading
Aeolian Harp (by: William Allingham (1824-1889)) O pale green sea, With long, pale, purple clouds above - What lies in me like weight of love? What dies in me continue reading
After Sunset (by: William Allingham (1824-1889)) The vast and solemn company of clouds Around the Sun's death, lit, incarnadined, Cool into ashy wan; as Night enshrouds The level pasture, creeping up behind continue reading
Amy Margaret's Five Year Old (by: William Allingham (1824-1889)) Amy Margaret's five years old, Amy Margaret's hair is gold, Dearer twenty-thousand-fold Than gold, is Amy Margaret. continue reading
An Evening (by: William Allingham (1824-1889)) A sunset's mounded cloud; A diamond evening-star; Sad blue hills afar; Love in his shroud. continue reading
Boy, The (by: William Allingham (1824-1889)) The Boy from his bedroom-window Look'd over the little town, And away to the bleak black upland Under a clouded moon. continue reading
