Ode to the Sublime Porte (Thomas Moore Poems)
Great Sultan, how wise are thy state compositions! And oh, above all, I admire that Decree, In which thou command'st, ...
Great Sultan, how wise are thy state compositions! And oh, above all, I admire that Decree, In which thou command'st, ...
When through life unblest we rove, Losing all that made life dear, Should some notes we used to love, In ...
Sublime was the warning that liberty spoke, And grand was the moment when Spaniards awoke Into life and revenge from ...
Though dark are our sorrows, today we'll forget them, And smile through our tears, like a sunbeam in showers: There ...
'Tis gone, and for ever, the light we saw breaking, Like Heaven's first dawn o'er the sleep of the dead ...
While History's Muse the memorial was keeping Of all that the dark hand of Destiny weaves, Beside her the Genius ...
By that Lake, whose gloomy shore Sky-lark never warbles o'er, Where the cliff hangs high and steep, Young Saint Kevin ...
Oh! weep for the hour, When to Eveleen's bower, The Lord of the Valley with false vows came; The moon ...
In the morning of life, when its cares are unknown, And its pleasures in all their new lustre begin, When ...
Of all the fair months, that round the sun In light-link'd dance their circles run, Sweet May, shine thou for ...
One bumper at parting! -- though many Have circled the board since we met, The fullest, the saddest of any ...
Sweet Innisfallen, fare thee well, May calm and sunshine long be thine! How fair thou art let others tell -- ...
["Now what, we ask, is become of this Sinking Fund - these eight millions of surplus above expenditure, which were ...
Tis sweet to think that, where'er we rove, We are sure to find something blissful and dear, And that, when ...
Wreath the bowl With flowers of soul, The brightest Wit can find us, We'll take a flight Towards heaven to-night, ...
Come o'er the sea, Maiden with me, Mine through sunshine, storm, and snows; Seasons may roll, But the true soul ...
Fairest! put on a while These pinions of light I bring thee, And o'er thy own green isle In fancy ...
It is not the tear at this moment shed, When the cold turf has just been laid o'er him, That ...
Oft, in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around ...
'Twas a new feeling - something more Than we had dar'd to own before, Which then we hid not; We ...
Written on Returning a Blank Book Take back the virgin page, White and unwritten still; Some hand, more calm and ...
Silent, oh Moyle, be the roar of thy water, Break not, ye breezes, your chain of repose, While, murmuring mournfully, ...
Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone: No flower of ...
You remember Ellen, our hamlet's pride, How meekly she bless'd her humble lot, When the stranger, William, had made her ...
Night closed around the conqueror's way, And lightnings show'd the distant hill, Where those who lost that dreadful day Stood ...
Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still ...
Farewell! but whenever you welcome the hour That awakens the night-song of mirth in your bower, Then think of the ...
I've a secret to tell thee, but hush! not here -- Oh! not where the world its vigil keeps: I'll ...
Oh for the swords of former time! Oh for the men who bore them, When, arm'd for Right, they stood ...
Quick! we have but a second, Fill round the cup while you may; For time, the churl, hath beckon'd, And ...
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