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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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[Reader, if herein you find]

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NATURAL MIRACLE.

LOVE'S INSIGHT.

THE LOOK OF LOVE.

LOVE REMEMBERED.

HALLOWED MEMORY.

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CROSS-EXAMINATION.

TO A BLIND FRIEND.

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STRATFORD-ON-AVON.

THREE SISTERS OF HAWORTH.

THE STOLEN PATH.

PLACES AND MEN.

IN DREAM-WORLD.

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BRIDEGROOM'S PARK.

I.

I.—FROM THE HIGHWAY.

II.

II.—BY THE POND.

III.

III.—THROUGH THE WOOD.

IV.

IV.—MOSSGROWN.

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[“Why, yes—we've pass'd a pleasant day]

[Everything passes and vanishes]

[This patchwork world of things confus'dly named]

[In a sad infernal glen]

[Leave me but quiet for a thousand years!]

[Man's found by his event. Not whirlwind Chance]

[“New Heavens and New Earth,”—must all be new-created?]

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PRINCE BRIGHTKIN.

TWO FAIRIES IN A GARDEN.

FIRESIDE MAGIC.

THE LYRIC MUSE.

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A WEEK-DAY HYMN.

“QUE SÇAIS-JE?”

IN A BOOK OF MAXIMS.

A MODERN PLEASAUNCE.

EQUALITY AT HOME.

GRAPES, WINE, AND VINEGAR.

THE HONEST FARMER.

THE BLACKSMITH.

THE LION AND THE WAVE.

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POESIS HUMANA, ETC.

[When I was young and fresh and gay]

THE GENERAL CHORUS.

[I know not if it may be mine]

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[In a sad infernal glen]

In a sad infernal glen
I saw Ghosts of Famous Men,
Writhing, groaning, “Tell me why?”
“Waiting till our bad books die.
Help with fire! Each new edition
Brings new torture, new contrition.
O the word!—the poison drop!
The little seed!—the dreadful crop!”