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William Allingham

b: Ballyshannon, Ireland, Mar 19, 1824

d: Hampstead, England., Nov 18, 1889

Irish. Poet. Editor. Fraser editor, 1874-79, whose vols of verse include The Fairies, 1883.

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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.

She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away.