← William AllinghamThe Music Masterby William AllinghamNarrative poem depicting the life and wanderings of a traveling musicianFind on Amazon↗About the authorWilliam AllinghamIrish poet best known for the lyric The Fairies (Up the airy mountain). His verse draws on Irish folklore and landscape, and his diary recording conversations with Tennyson and Carlyle is historically valuable.More by William AllinghamPoems→Laurence Bloomfield in IrelandLong narrative poem exploring Irish rural life, land reform, and social tensions→Songs Poems and Ballads→