Poetry

SIXTEEN POEMS BY WILLIAM ALLINGHAM: SELECTED BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

THE DUN EMER PRESS DUNDRUM MCMV

CONTENTS Page

Let Me Sing of What I Know 1 The Winding Banks of Erne 1 Abbey Asaroe 7 A Dream 10 The Fairies 12 The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker 14 The Girl’s Lamentation 17 The Nobleman’s Wedding 20 Kate O’ Belashanny 22 Four Ducks on a Pond 24 Æolian Harp 24 The Maids of Elfin Mere 25 Twilight Voices 26 The Lover and Birds 28 The Abbot of Innisfallen 30 The Ruined Chapel 34

LET ME SING OF WHAT I KNOW

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