Sixteen Poems

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1>SIXTEEN POEMS BY WILLIAM<br/> ALLINGHAM: SELECTED BY<br/> WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS</h1> <h2> <br/><br/><br/><br/> THE DUN EMER PRESS<br/> DUNDRUM<br/> MCMV </h2> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <h2>CONTENTS.</h2> <table summary="This table helps format the book's table of contents"> <tr><td></td><td><span>Page</span></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#LET_ME_SING_OF_WHAT_I_KNOW"><span>Let Me Sing of What I Know</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_1">1</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#THE_WINDING_BANKS_OF_ERNE"><span>The Winding Banks of Erne</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_1">1</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#ABBEY_ASAROE"><span>Abbey Asaroe</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_7">7</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#A_DREAM"><span>A Dream</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_10">10</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#THE_FAIRIES"><span>The Fairies</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_12">12</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#THE_LEPRACAUN_OR_FAIRY_SHOEMAKER"><span>The Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_14">14</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#THE_GIRLS_LAMENTATION"><span>The Girl's Lamentation</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_17">17</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#THE_NOBLEMANS_WEDDING"><span>The Nobleman's Wedding</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_20">20</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#KATE_O_BELASHANNY"><span>Kate O' Belashanny</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_22">22</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#FOUR_DUCKS_ON_A_POND"><span>Four Ducks on a Pond</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_24">24</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#AEOLIAN_HARP"><span>&AElig;olian Harp</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_24">24</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#THE_MAIDS_OF_ELFIN-MERE"><span>The Maids of Elfin-mere</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_25">25</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#TWILIGHT_VOICES"><span>Twilight Voices</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_26">26</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#THE_LOVER_AND_BIRDS"><span>The Lover and Birds</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_28">28</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#THE_ABBOT_OF_INNISFALLEN"><span>The Abbot of Innisfallen</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_30">30</SPAN></td></tr> <tr><td><SPAN href="#THE_RUINED_CHAPEL"><span>The Ruined Chapel</span></SPAN></td> <td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_34">34</SPAN></td></tr> </table> <hr style="width: 65%;" /><p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_1" id="Page_1"></SPAN>[1]</span></p> <h2><SPAN name="LET_ME_SING_OF_WHAT_I_KNOW" id="LET_ME_SING_OF_WHAT_I_KNOW"></SPAN>LET ME SING OF WHAT I KNOW</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A wild west Coast, a little Town,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Where little Folk go up and down,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Tides flow and winds blow:<br/></span> <span class="i0">Night and Tempest and the Sea,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Human Will and Human Fate:<br/></span> <span class="i0">What is little, what is great?<br/></span> <span class="i0">Howsoe'er the answer be,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Let me sing of what I know.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />