The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, 4. köideLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841 |
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... pleasure we have experienced from these inestimable volumes to say , that we do not know any works in the whole range of female literature that we could more honestly and cordially recommend as a Christmas present for a young lady ...
... pleasure we have experienced from these inestimable volumes to say , that we do not know any works in the whole range of female literature that we could more honestly and cordially recommend as a Christmas present for a young lady ...
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... pleasure of writing about one's self all day , " to notice briefly some of those impressions and influences under which the attempt to adapt words to our ancient Melodies was for some time meditated by me , and , at last , under- taken ...
... pleasure of writing about one's self all day , " to notice briefly some of those impressions and influences under which the attempt to adapt words to our ancient Melodies was for some time meditated by me , and , at last , under- taken ...
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... pleasure , too , of hearing it a good deal praised by them ; and might have been tempted by this to acknowledge myself the author , had I not found that the language and sentiments of the article were considered by both to be " very ...
... pleasure , too , of hearing it a good deal praised by them ; and might have been tempted by this to acknowledge myself the author , had I not found that the language and sentiments of the article were considered by both to be " very ...
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... pleasure , to think that my songs had reached the hearts of some of the descendants of those great Irish families , who found themselves Quarterly Review , vol . xli . p . 294 . forced , in the dark days of persecution , to xxxiv PREFACE ...
... pleasure , to think that my songs had reached the hearts of some of the descendants of those great Irish families , who found themselves Quarterly Review , vol . xli . p . 294 . forced , in the dark days of persecution , to xxxiv PREFACE ...
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... pleasure , My drooping Harp , from chords like thine ? Alas , the lark's gay morning measure As ill would suit the swan's decline ! Or how shall I , who love , who bless thee , Invoke thy breath for Freedom's strains , When ev'n the ...
... pleasure , My drooping Harp , from chords like thine ? Alas , the lark's gay morning measure As ill would suit the swan's decline ! Or how shall I , who love , who bless thee , Invoke thy breath for Freedom's strains , When ev'n the ...
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Arranmore bard beam beautiful bliss bowers breath bright bring brow charm children of Israel choice may fall dark dear dream dwell earth Edward Hudson Emmet enchanted Erin ev'n eyes fair farewell feeling flowers French Air friends gloom glory gondolier Harp hath Haydn heart Heaven History hope hour Innisfail Ireland Irish Harp isle Killarney leave light lips look Lord Lord Edward Fitzgerald Lord Mornington lost love-knots Love's lute morning Mountain Sprite music of Ireland ne'er never night Number nymph o'er once pleasure Pleasure's Portuguese Air racters Robert Emmet round Senanus shining Sicilian Air sigh sing slumber smile song sorrow soul sparkled spirit star Stevenson sung sunny sunshine sweet tears there's thine THOMAS MOORE thou thought turn'd Twas Venetian Air voice wave weep Who'll buy young youth
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Page 285 - And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 167 - 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 ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me. Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Page 294 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary ; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
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