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"Eyes of unholy blue."
Thomas Moore / By that Lake whose gloomy Shore.

By that Lake whose gloomy Shore.

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"'T is the last rose of summer, Left blooming alone."
Thomas Moore / The Last Rose of Summer.

The Last Rose of Summer.

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"When true hearts lie wither'd And fond ones are flown, Oh, who would inhabit This bleak world alone?"
Thomas Moore / The Last Rose of Summer.

The Last Rose of Summer.

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"And the best of all ways To lengthen our days Is to steal a few hours from the night, my dear."
Thomas Moore / The Young May Moon.

The Young May Moon.

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"You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still."
Thomas Moore / Farewell! But whenever you welcome the Hour.

Farewell! But whenever you welcome the Hour.

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"Thus, when the lamp that lighted The traveller at first goes out, He feels awhile benighted, And looks around in fear and doubt. But soon, the prospect clearing, By cloudless starlight on he treads, And thinks no lamp so cheering As that light which Heaven sheds."
Thomas Moore / I 'd mourn the Hopes.

I 'd mourn the Hopes.

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"No eye to watch, and no tongue to wound us, All earth forgot, and all heaven around us."
Thomas Moore / Come o'er the Sea.

Come o'er the Sea.

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"The light that lies In woman's eyes."
Thomas Moore / The Time I 've lost in wooing.

The Time I 've lost in wooing.

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"My only books Were woman's looks,-- And folly 's all they 've taught me."
Thomas Moore / The Time I 've lost in wooing.

The Time I 've lost in wooing.

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"I know not, I ask not, if guilt 's in that heart, I but know that I love thee whatever thou art."
Thomas Moore / Come, rest in this Bosom.

Come, rest in this Bosom.

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"To live and die in scenes like this, With some we 've left behind us."
Thomas Moore / As slow our Ship.

As slow our Ship.

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"Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea."
Thomas Moore / Remember Thee.

Remember Thee.

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"All that 's bright must fade,-- The brightest still the fleetest; All that 's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest."
Thomas Moore / All that 's Bright must fade.

All that 's Bright must fade.

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"Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells Of youth and home, and that sweet time When last I heard their soothing chime!"
Thomas Moore / Those Evening Bells.

Those Evening Bells.

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"Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken; The eyes that shone Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken."
Thomas Moore / Oft in the Stilly Night.

Oft in the Stilly Night.

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"I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed."
Thomas Moore / Oft in the Stilly Night.

Oft in the Stilly Night.

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"As half in shade and half in sun This world along its path advances, May that side the sun 's upon Be all that e'er shall meet thy glances!"
Thomas Moore / Peace be around Thee.

Peace be around Thee.

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"If I speak to thee in friendship's name, Thou think'st I speak too coldly; If I mention love's devoted flame, Thou say'st I speak too boldly."
Thomas Moore / How shall I woo?

How shall I woo?

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"A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady."
Thomas Moore / How shall I woo?

How shall I woo?

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"The bird let loose in Eastern skies, Returning fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam; But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way."
Thomas Moore / Oh that I had Wings.

Oh that I had Wings.

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"This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given; The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow,-- There 's nothing true but Heaven."
Thomas Moore / This World is all a fleeting Show.

This World is all a fleeting Show.

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"Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea! Jehovah has triumph'd,--his people are free."
Thomas Moore / Sound the loud Timbrel.

Sound the loud Timbrel.

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"As still to the star of its worship, though clouded, The needle points faithfully o'er the dim sea, So dark when I roam in this wintry world shrouded, The hope of my spirit turns trembling to Thee."
Thomas Moore / The Heart's Prayer.

The Heart's Prayer.

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"Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal."
Thomas Moore / Come, ye Disconsolate.

Come, ye Disconsolate.

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"Oh call it by some better name, For friendship sounds too cold."
Thomas Moore / Oh call it by some better Name.

Oh call it by some better Name.

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"When twilight dews are falling soft Upon the rosy sea, love, I watch the star whose beam so oft Has lighted me to thee, love."
Thomas Moore / When Twilight Dews.

When Twilight Dews.

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"I give thee all,--I can no more, Though poor the off'ring be; My heart and lute are all the store That I can bring to thee."
Thomas Moore / My Heart and Lute.

My Heart and Lute.

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"Who has not felt how sadly sweet The dream of home, the dream of home, Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet, When far o'er sea or land we roam?"
Thomas Moore / The Dream of Home.

The Dream of Home.

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"To Greece we give our shining blades."
Thomas Moore / Evenings in Greece. First Evening.

Evenings in Greece. First Evening.

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"When thus the heart is in a vein Of tender thought, the simplest strain Can touch it with peculiar power."
Thomas Moore / Evenings in Greece. First Evening.

Evenings in Greece. First Evening.

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"If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung."
Thomas Moore / If Thou would'st have Me sing and play.

If Thou would'st have Me sing and play.

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"To sigh, yet feel no pain; To weep, yet scarce know why; To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by."
Thomas Moore / The Blue Stocking.

The Blue Stocking.

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"Ay, down to the dust with them, slaves as they are! From this hour let the blood in their dastardly veins, That shrunk at the first touch of Liberty's war, Be wasted for tyrants, or stagnate in chains."
Thomas Moore / On the Entry of the Austrians into Naples, 1821.

On the Entry of the Austrians into Naples, 1821.

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"This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas, The past, the future,--two eternities!"
Thomas Moore / Lalla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.

Lalla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.

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"But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last."
Thomas Moore / Lalla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.

Lalla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.

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"There 's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream."
Thomas Moore / Lalla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.

Lalla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.

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"Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun, Grow pure by being purely shone upon."
Thomas Moore / Lalla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.

Lalla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.

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"One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate."
Thomas Moore / Paradise and the Peri.

Paradise and the Peri.

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"Take all the pleasures of all the spheres, And multiply each through endless years,-- One minute of heaven is worth them all."
Thomas Moore / Paradise and the Peri.

Paradise and the Peri.

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"But the trail of the serpent is over them all."
Thomas Moore / Paradise and the Peri.

Paradise and the Peri.

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"Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I 've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower But 't was the first to fade away. I never nurs'd a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die."
Thomas Moore / The Fire-Worshippers.

The Fire-Worshippers.

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"Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might!"
Thomas Moore / The Fire-Worshippers.

The Fire-Worshippers.

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"Beholding heaven, and feeling hell."
Thomas Moore / The Fire-Worshippers.

The Fire-Worshippers.

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"As sunshine broken in the rill, Though turned astray, is sunshine still."
Thomas Moore / The Fire-Worshippers.

The Fire-Worshippers.

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"Farewell, farewell to thee, Araby's daughter! Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea."
Thomas Moore / The Fire-Worshippers.

The Fire-Worshippers.

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"Alas! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied; That stood the storm when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea When heaven was all tranquillity."
Thomas Moore / Lalla Rookh. The Light of the Harem.

Lalla Rookh. The Light of the Harem.

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"Love on through all ills, and love on till they die."
Thomas Moore / Lalla Rookh. The Light of the Harem.

Lalla Rookh. The Light of the Harem.

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"And oh if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this!"
Thomas Moore / Lalla Rookh. The Light of the Harem.

Lalla Rookh. The Light of the Harem.

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"Humility, that low, sweet root From which all heavenly virtues shoot."
Thomas Moore / The Loves of the Angels. The Third Angel's Story.

The Loves of the Angels. The Third Angel's Story.

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"A delusion, a mockery, and a snare."
Lord Denman / O'Connell v. The Queen, 11 Clark and Finnelly Reports.

O'Connell v. The Queen, 11 Clark and Finnelly Reports.

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