"Sixteen Poems by William Allingham" is a collection selected by William Butler Yeats showcasing lyrical poems that consider love, nature, and Irish folklore. Set in rural Ireland, the verses explore the beauty and hardships of life, contrasting human feelings with nature, as seen in "The Girl's Lamentation." The collection includes subjects like homesickness in "The Winding Banks of Erne" and magical encounters in "The Fairies" and "The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker." Other poems, such as "The Abbot of Innisfallen" and "The Ruined Chapel," explore themes of mortality, memory, and the connection between the physical and supernatural realms, encompassing Allingham's poetic style with themes of longing, reflection, and the enchanting relationship between the ordinary and otherworldly.
Sixteen Poems
By William Allingham
Within the verses, memories intertwine with nature as fairies dance with grief, capturing a world where time and reality blur.
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About the AuthorWilliam Allingham was an Irish poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem "The Faeries" was much anthologised. But he is better known for his posthumously published Diary, in which he records his lively encounters with Tennyson, Carlyle and other writers and artists. His wife, Helen Allingham, was a well-known watercolourist and illustrator.
William Allingham was an Irish poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem "The Faeries" was much anthologised. But he is better known for his posthumously published Diary, in which he records his lively encounters with Tennyson, Carlyle and other writers and artists. His wife, Helen Allingham, was a well-known watercolourist and illustrator.
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