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Top 20 William Allingham Quotes (2024 Update)

William Allingham Quote: “Not like Homer would I write, Not like Dante if I might, Not like Shakespeare at his best, Not like Goethe or the rest, Like myself, however small, Like myself, or not at all.”

1. “Not like Homer would I write, Not like Dante if I might, Not like Shakespeare at his best, Not like Goethe or the rest, Like myself, however small, Like myself, or not at all.”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “Autumn’s the mellow time.”

2. “Autumn’s the mellow time.”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “Solitude is very sad, Too much company twice as bad.”

3. “Solitude is very sad, Too much company twice as bad.”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “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?”

4. “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

William Allingham Quote: “Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.”

5. “Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “Scarcely a tear to shed; Hardly a word to say; The end of a Summer’s day; Sweet Love is dead.”

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

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “Ring-ting! I wish I were a primrose, A bright yellow primrose blowing in the spring! The stooping boughs above me, The wandering bee to love me, The fern and moss to creep across, And the elm-tree for our king!”

7. “Ring-ting! I wish I were a primrose, A bright yellow primrose blowing in the spring! The stooping boughs above me, The wandering bee to love me, The fern and moss to creep across, And the elm-tree for our king!”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “Round the world and home again, that’s the sailor’s way!”

8. “Round the world and home again, that’s the sailor’s way!”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “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?”

9. “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

William Allingham Quote: “She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away.”

10. “She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away.”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “The mother’s kiss is the sweetest thing ever.”

11. “The mother’s kiss is the sweetest thing ever.”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “Sin we have explain’d away; Unluckily, the sinners stay.”

12. “Sin we have explain’d away; Unluckily, the sinners stay.”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “Soul’s Castle fell at one blast of temptation, But many a worm had pierced the foundation.”

13. “Soul’s Castle fell at one blast of temptation, But many a worm had pierced the foundation.”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly every day.”

14. “Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly every day.”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “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.”

15. “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

William Allingham Quote: “Politeness costs nothing. Nothing, that is, to him that shows it; but if often costs the world very dear.”

16. “Politeness costs nothing. Nothing, that is, to him that shows it; but if often costs the world very dear.”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “If any foes of mine are there, I pardon every one: I hope that man and womankind will do the same by me.”

17. “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 Quote: “Winds and waters keepA hush more dead than any sleep.”

18. “Winds and waters keepA hush more dead than any sleep.”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “I have been an “Official” all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is highly artificial and handles trifles with ludicrously disproportionate gravity.”

19. “I have been an “Official” all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is highly artificial and handles trifles with ludicrously disproportionate gravity.”

— William Allingham

William Allingham Quote: “One who can see without seeming to see – That’s an observer as good as three.”

20. “One who can see without seeming to see – That’s an observer as good as three.”

— William Allingham

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