Quotes by William Allingham
“Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men.”— William Allingham
“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!”— William Allingham
“The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you.”— William Allingham
“No funeral gloom, my dears, when I am gone, Corpse-gazing, tears, black raiment, graveyard grimness.”— William Allingham