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.
-- William Allingham
   
William Allingham   Name:
William Allingham
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
Irish
Birth:
March 19, 1821
Death:
November 18, 1889
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