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.

Quote by William Allingham

Warner William Allingham (1975)
H. D. His best-known poem remains his early work "The Faeries".

William Allingham (19 March 1824 – 18 November 1889) was an Irish poet diarist and editor. His wife Helen Allingham was a well-known water-colorist.