Thomas Moore
Poet
1779-05-28 – 1852-02-25
Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, and songwriter of the Romantic era. He is known for Irish Melodies, including the song The Minstrel Boy.
Books by Thomas Moore
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, Collected by Himself
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The works of Thomas Moore
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Quotes by Thomas Moore
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Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.
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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.
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It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.
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And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
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From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.
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Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.
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Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.
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The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing.
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A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.
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Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
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Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
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Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
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This wretched brain gave way, and I became a wreck at random driven, without one glimpse of reason or heaven.
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Often care of the soul means not taking sides when there is conflict at a deep level. It may be necessary to stretch the heart wide enough to embrace contradiction and paradox.
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True conversation is an interpenetration of worlds, a genuine intercourse of souls, which doesn't have to be self-consciously profound but does have to touch matters of concern to the soul.
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When once the young heart of a maiden is stolen, The maiden herself will steal after it soon.
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Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.
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The family the soul wants is a felt network of relationship, an evocation of a certain kind of interconnection that grounds, roots, and nestles.
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Who can help loving the land that has taught us Six hundred and eighty-five ways to dress eggs?
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The heart is a mystery-not a puzzle that can't be solved, but a mystery in the religious sense: unfathomable, beyond manipulation, showing traces of the finger of God.
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