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"If any foes of mine are there, I pardon every one: I hope that man and womankind will do the same by me." -- William Allingham
William Allingham (19 March 1824 or 1828 - 18 November 1889) was an Irish man of letters and a poet.

He was born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland and was the son of the manager of a local bank who was of English descent. He obtained a post in the custom-house of his native town and held several similar posts in Ireland and England until 1870, when he had retired from the service, and became sub-editor of Fraser's Magazine, which he edited from 1874 to 1879, in succession to James Froude. He had published a volume of Poems in 1850, followed by Day and Night Songs, a volume containing many charming lyrics, in 1855. Allingham was on terms of close friendship with DG Rossetti, who contributed to the illustration of the Songs. His Letters to Allingham (1854-1870) were edited by Dr. Birkbeck Hill in 1897. Lawrence Bloomfield in Ireland, his most ambitious, though not his most successful work, a narrative poem illustrative of Irish social questions, appeared in 1864. He also edited The Ballad Book for the Golden Treasury series in 1864.

In 1874 Allingham married Helen Paterson, known under her married name as a water-colour painter. He died at Hampstead in 1889, and his ashes are interred at St. Anne's in his native Ballyshannon.

Though working on an unostentatious scale, Allingham produced much excellent lyrical and descriptive poetry, and the best of his pieces are thoroughly national in spirit and local colouring. His verse is clear, fresh, and graceful.

Other works are Fifty Modern Poems (1865), Songs, Poems, and Ballads (1877), Evil May Day (1883), Blackberries (1884), Irish Songs and Poems (1887), and Varieties in Prose (1893), and, arguably his most famous work, "The Faeries" (see below).

William Allingham: a Diary (1907), edited by Mrs Allingham and D Radford, contains many interesting reminiscences of Tennyson, Carlyle and other famous contemporaries.

The Ulster poet John Hewitt felt Allingham's influence keenly, and his attempts to revive his reputation included editing and writing an introduction to The Poems of William Allingham (Oxford University Press/ Dolmen Press, 1967).

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Total Books: 155
365 Stories and Rhymes for Girls
365 Stories and Rhymes for Girls (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781407513898
ISBN-10: 1407513893
Genre: Children's Books
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51 Selected Poems by William Allingham
51 Selected Poems By William Allingham (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781451507034
ISBN-10: 1451507038
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The Ballad Book A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads
The Ballad Book Selection
The Ballad Book Selection (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781409785392
ISBN-10: 1409785394
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The Best of William Allingham
The Best of William Allingham (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780953926527
ISBN-10: 0953926524
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Blackberries Picked Off Many Bushes
Blackberries Picked Off Many Bushes (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781110177578
ISBN-10: 1110177577
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by the way
By the Way (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781110419210
ISBN-10: 111041921X
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By the Way Verses Fragments and Notes
By the Way Verses Fragments and Notes (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780559199332
ISBN-10: 0559199333
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Day and Night Songs
Day and Night Songs (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780559807961
ISBN-10: 0559807961
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Diary 18471889
Diary 18471889 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780900001444
ISBN-10: 0900001445
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
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Diary
Diary [Classics] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780900000287
ISBN-10: 0900000287
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The Fairies
The Fairies (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780517126400
ISBN-10: 0517126400
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The The Fairies
The the Fairies (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781854790729
ISBN-10: 1854790722
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Fifty Modern Poems
Fifty Modern Poems (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780404003449
ISBN-10: 0404003443
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Fistula Haemorrhoids Painful Ulcer Stricture Prolapsus and Other Diseases of the Rectum
Fistula Haemorrhoids Painful Ulcer Stricture Prolapsus and Other Diseases of the Rectum Their Diagnosis and Treatment
Fistula Hemorrhoids Painful Ulcer Stricture Prolapsus and Other Diseases of the Rectum Their Diagnosis and Treatment
Fistula Hmorrhoids Painful Ulcer Stricture Prolapsus and Other Diseases of the Rectum Their Diagnosis and Treatment
Flower Pieces and Other Poems
Flower Pieces and Other Poems (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781151316042
ISBN-10: 1151316040
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Laurence Bloomfield
Laurence Bloomfield (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781151495594
ISBN-10: 115149559X
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Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland 1869
Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland 1869 [Hibernia] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781854772268
ISBN-10: 1854772260
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