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Scarcely a tear to shed; Hardly a word to say; The end of a Summer's day; Sweet Love is dead.

Scarcely a tear to shed; Hardly a word to say; The end of a Summer's day; Sweet Love is dead.

William Allingham
Summer, Sweet, Love Is
William Allingham, Helen Paterson Allingham (1912). “Poems”

Sin we have explain'd away; Unluckily, the sinners stay.

William Allingham
Sin, Sinner
William Allingham, Helen Paterson Allingham (1912). “Poems”

Bare twigs in April enhance our pleasure; We know the good time is yet to come.... Bare twigs in Autumn are signs for sadness; We feel the good time is well-nigh past.

William Allingham
Sadness, Autumn, Past
William Allingham, Helen Paterson Allingham (1912). “Poems”

The mother's kiss is the sweetest thing ever.

William Allingham
Mother, Kissing, Sweetest

History of Ireland--lawlessness and turbulency, robbery and oppression, hatred and revenge, blind selfishness everywhere--no principle, no heroism. What can be done with it?

William Allingham
Revenge, Hatred, Selfishness

Does not the latent feeling that much of their striving is to no purpose tend to infuse large quantities of sham into men's work?

William Allingham
Work, Men, Feelings
William Allingham (1907). “William Allingham: a diary”

I believe in Success, And in Comfort no less I believe all the rest is but patter.

William Allingham
Believe, Comfort, I Believe
William Allingham, Helen Paterson Allingham (1912). “Poems”

Fairies, arouse! Mix with your song Harplet and pipe, Thrilling and clear, Swarm on the boughs! Chant in a throng! Morning is ripe, Waiting to hear.

William Allingham
Song, Morning, Waiting
William Allingham (1877). “Songs, Ballads, and Stories: Including Many Now First Collected, the Rest Revised and Rearranged”

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