Thomas Moore Poems (144 Poems)
After the Battle (Thomas Moore Poems)
Night closed around the conqueror’s way, And lightnings show’d the distant hill, Where those who lost that dreadful day Stood few and faint, but fearless still. The soldier’s hope, the patriot’s zeal, For ever dimm’d, for ever crost – Oh! … Continue reading
All In a Family Way (Thomas Moore Poems)
My banks are all furnished with rags, So thick, even Freddy can’t thin ‘em; I’ve torn up my old money-bags, Having little or nought to put in ‘em. My tradesman are smashing by dozens, But this is all nothing, they … Continue reading
Alone in Crowds to Wander On (Thomas Moore Poems)
Alone in crowds to wander on, And feel that all the charm is gone Which voices dear and eyes beloved Shed round us once, where’er we roved – This, this the doom must be Of all who’ve loved, and loved … Continue reading
An Argument (Thomas Moore Poems)
I’ve oft been told by learned friars, That wishing and the crime are one, And Heaven punishes desires As much as if the deed were done. If wishing damns us, you and I Are damned to all our heart’s content; … Continue reading
An Expostulation to Lord King (Thomas Moore Poems)
How can you, my Lord, thus delight to torment all The Peers of realm about cheapening their corn, When you know, if one hasn’t a very high rental, ‘Tis hardly worth while being very high born? Why bore them so … Continue reading
An Incantation (Thomas Moore Poems)
Come with me, and we will blow Lots of bubbles, as we go; Bubbles bright as ever Hope Drew from fancy — or from soap; Bright as e’er the South Sea sent from its frothy element! Come with me, and … Continue reading
And Doth Not a Meeting Like This (Thomas Moore Poems)
And doth not a meeting like this make amends For all the long years I’ve been wandering away – To see thus around me my youth’s early friends, As smiling and kind as in that happy day? Though haply o’er … Continue reading
As a Beam O’er the Face of the Waters May Glow (Thomas Moore Poems)
As a beam o’er the face of the waters may glow While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below, So the cheek may be tinged with a warm sunny smile, Though the cold heart to ruin runs darkly the … Continue reading
As Slow Our Ship (Thomas Moore Poems)
As slow our ship her foamy track Against the wind was cleaving, Her trembling pennant still look’d back To that dear isle ’twas leaving. So loath we part from all we love, From all the links that bind us; So … Continue reading
As Vanquish’d Erin (Thomas Moore Poems)
As vanquish’d Erin wept beside The Boyne’s ill-fated river, She saw where Discord, in the tide, Had dropp’d his loaded quiver. “Lie hid,” she cried, “ye venom’d darts, Where mortal eye may shun you; Lie hid — the stain of … Continue reading
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