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William Allingham

I lived from 1824-1889. I was from Ireland, and am in the English category.

When he was thirteen years old became a clerk in the bank where his father worked as the  manager, he worked there for about six years, during that time, he used the words and images of poetry for the satisfaction of his soul.

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  • The Boy from his bedroom-window
    Look'd over the little town,
    16 lines
  • Four ducks on a pond,
    A grass-bank beyond,
    7 lines, 2 comments
  • Up the airy mountain,
    Down the rushy glen,
    56 lines, 1 comment
  • With grief and mourning I sit to spin;
    My Love passed by, and he didn't come in;
    72 lines
  • I heard the dogs howl in the moonlight night;
    I went to the window to see the sight;
    33 lines, 4 comments
  • Chequer'd with woven shadows as I lay
    Among the grass, blinking the watery gleam,
    14 lines
  • Far from the churchyard dig his grave,
    On some green mound beside the wave;
    10 lines, 1 comment
  • That which he did not feel, he would not sing;
    What most he felt, religion it was to hide
    14 lines
  • Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods,
    And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt,
    14 lines
  • Oh, lovely Mary Donnelly, my joy, my only best
    If fifty girls were round you, I’d hardly see the rest;
    36 lines

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