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There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet. (Thomas Moore)
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. View quote
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Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips. View quote
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To Greece we give our shining blades. View quote
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Who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all. View quote
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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. View quote
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To live with them is far less sweet Than to remember thee. View quote
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Oh, call it by some better name, For friendship sounds too cold. View quote
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And oh if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this! View quote
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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. View quote
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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)
The moon looks On many brooks, "The brook can see no moon but this." View quote
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One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. View quote
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When thus the heart is in a vein Of tender thought, the simplest strain Can touch it with peculiar power. View quote
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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. View quote
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Go where glory waits thee, But while fame elates thee, Oh! still remember me! View quote
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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! View quote
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Love, nursed among pleasures, is faithless as they, But the love born of Sorrow, like Sorrow, is true. View quote
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A Persian's heaven is easily made: 'Tis but black eyes and lemonade. View quote
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As sunshine broken in the rill, Though turned astray, is sunshine still. View quote
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Paradise itself were dim And joyless, if not shared with him! (Thomas Moore)
And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls. View quote
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Love on through all ills, and love on till they die. View quote
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The tribute most high to a head that is royal, Is love from a heart that loves liberty too. View quote
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Eyes of unholy blue. View quote
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Thomas Moore

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Occupation: Irish Poet
Born: May 28, 1779
Died: February 25, 1852
Quotes count: 120
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