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The boortree and the lightsome ash across the portal grow - William Allingham "Abbey Asaroe"

Singing a song of ancient days, in sorrow, not in pride - William Allingham "Abbey Asaroe"

Perusing in the present time the former's epitaph - William Allingham "Abbey Asaroe"

What is lost that never may be told? - William Allingham "Aeolian Harp"

Until the perfect closing of the night - William Allingham "Aeolian Harp"

The clouds are broken into melancholy gold - William Allingham "Aeolian Harp"

Weave the shrouds of joy and great adventure - William Allingham "Aeolian Harp"

Where shadows of the dead have rest - William Allingham "Aeolian Harp"

I heard the dogs howl in the moonlight night - William Allingham "A Dream"

All the Dead that ever I knew going one by one - William Allingham "A Dream"

Born in the moonlight of the lane - William Allingham "A Dream"

And first there came a bitter laughter - William Allingham "A Dream"

A sound of tears the moment after - William Allingham "A Dream"

Green jacket, red cap, and white owl's feather - William Allingham "The Fairies"

I'd follow him barefoot o'er rock and hill - William Allingham "The Girl's Lamentation"

I'd never once speak of all my grief - William Allingham "The Girl's Lamentation"

Till the red rose blooms on the willow tree - William Allingham "The Girl's Lamentation"

I'd give the world if I might but cry - William Allingham "The Girl's Lamentation"

Sighing in the sultry fields around - William Allingham "The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker"

Underground in winter, laughing at the storm - William Allingham "The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker"

Or touch the tears unwept of bitter love - William Allingham "The Lover and Birds"

Here is the token of gold that was broken - William Allingham "The Nobleman's Wedding"

Lapsed again into Nature's wide domain - William Allingham "The Ruined Chapel"

Sow themselves with seed and grain - William Allingham "The Ruined Chapel"

Hoard June's sun and April's rain - William Allingham "The Ruined Chapel"

Drowse in the shade of their whirling sphere - William Allingham "Twilight Voices"

From invisible portals breathing comfort and ghastly fear - William Allingham "Twilight Voices"

Winged hopes that no longer stay - William Allingham "Twilight Voices"

Guardian spirits grown weary-hearted - William Allingham "Twilight Voices"

Powers that have linger'd their latest day - William Allingham "Twilight Voices"

Who are calling out of the dimness vague and vast - William Allingham "Twilight Voices"

The music of the waterfall, the mirror of the tide - William Allingham "The Winding Banks of Erne"

Work and sing beneath a twisted thorn - William Allingham "The Winding Banks of Erne"

A thousand chances are to one I never may return - William Allingham "The Winding Banks of Erne"

The mournful song of exile is now for me to learn - William Allingham "The Winding Banks of Erne"

New faces rise by every hearth - William Allingham "The Winding Banks of Erne"

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