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LET ME SING OF WHAT I KNOWA wild west Coast, a little Town,Where little Folk go up and down,Tides flow and winds blow:Night and Tempest and the Sea,Human Will and Human Fate:What is little, what is great?Howsoe'er the answer be,Let me sing of what I know. ... Read more

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An illustrated version of the nineteenth-century poem about the "little men" and the mischief that they do. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Classic poem
Doesn't grab us very well, though it is a good description of the *original* fairies (before they were disneyfied).

As noted, the poem concerns the theft and death of a young girl. She's shown waking up on the endpage, but really, it's clear that she's intended to have died. Read before you buy.

Trivia
'The Fairies' is the poem that the tinker starts to quote to Charlie Bucket, in the movie "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", when he first stops at the gates while delivering newspapers.

UP the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren't go a-hunting
For fear of little men...

(He stops there, but adds "You see: Nobody ever goes in, ...and nobody ever comes out!")

The character needs to stop there because the second half of that first stanza is not nearly so eerie, nor does it foreshadow the Oompa Loompas very well. The poem continues:

Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And white owl's feather!

However, I'm not sure I'd recommend this book for very young children. It contains the abduction and death of a young girl. ...but read the poem at bartleby dot com and decide for yourself.

unbelieveable
William Allingham wrote this poem just right because you really believe the fairies.I've had this book since 1989 and the dust cover is unwrinkled and unripped. I will certainly hand this book down to my children and make sure they do the same.This certainly is a must have for all little kids. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., limitedPublication date: 1907Subjects: AuthorsNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1898.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1897.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

Product Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This diary reveals much about Victorian literary life: Allingham visited London in 1847, and in 1851 began a lifelong friendship with Tennyson. He features prominently in the "Diary" along with Browning and Carlyle, Leigh Hunt, Thackeray, Emerson, George Eliot, William Morris, Turgenev and others. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1873.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more