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1 " By the craggy hill-side,Through the mosses bare,They have planted thorn-treesFor pleasure here and there.If any man so daringAs dig them up in spite,He shall find their sharpest thornsIn his bed at night. "
― William Allingham , The Fairies: A Poem
2 " Up the airy mountain,Down the rushy glen,We daren't go a-huntingFor fear of little men. "
3 " Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. "
― William Allingham , Day and night songs
4 " Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day. "
― William Allingham
5 " Round the world and home again, that's the sailor's way! "
6 " No funeral gloom, my dears, when I am goneCorpse-gazing, tears, black raiment, graveyard grimnessThink of me as withdrawn into the dimnessYours still, you mine, remember all the bestOf our past moments, and forget the restAnd so, to where I wait, come gently on. "