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Life and Phantasy

by William Allingham: With frontispiece by Sir John E. Millais: A design by Arthur H. Hughes and a song for voice and piano forte
Allingham, William (1824-1889)

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[dedication]
  
[Reader, if herein you find]
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NATURAL MIRACLE.
  
GEORGE;
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SHADOWINGS.
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PLACES, ETC.
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BERRIES.
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FAIRIES, ETC.
  
VIVANT!
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PRINCE BRIGHTKIN.
  
TWO FAIRIES IN A GARDEN.
  
FIRESIDE MAGIC.
  
THE LYRIC MUSE.
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TO PLUTUS ETC.
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POESIS HUMANA, ETC.

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[This patchwork world of things confus'dly named]

This patchwork world of things confus'dly named,
What voice a frank account thereof could give
And not be almost for a devil's blamed?
Dear trusting eager Spirits, how shall I
To your incessant questionings reply?
Children! they make me heartily ashamed
That we amid such rubbish-mountains live,
And true horizons hardly can espy.
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