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Autumn's the mellow time.
William Allingham
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William Allingham
Age: 65 †
Born: 1824
Born: March 19
Died: 1889
Died: November 18
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Four ducks on a pond, / A grass-bank beyond, / A blue sky of spring, / White clouds on the wing: / What a little thing / To remember for years - / To remember with tears!.
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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.
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Tantarrara! the joyous Book of Spring Lies open, writ in blossoms.
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Soul's Castle fell at one blast of temptation, But many a worm had pierced the foundation.
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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.
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Before a day was over, Home comes the rover, For mother's kiss - sweeter this Than any other thing!
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Round the world and home again, that's the sailor's way!
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Politeness costs nothing. Nothing, that is, to him that shows it but if often costs the world very dear.
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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.
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Sin we have explain'd away Unluckily, the sinners stay.
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