Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore
Thomas Moorewas an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of "The Minstrel Boy" and "The Last Rose of Summer". He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death. In his lifetime he was often referred to as Anacreon Moore...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 May 1779
CityDublin, Ireland
CountryIreland
fda goose
Wow, I got goose bumps. It's really appropriate the FDA acted.
shrinking steals violets
Steals timidly away, shrinking as violets do in summer's ray.
fastidious retire vanity wife
A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a rouT to retire upon.
dress help hundred land loving six taught ways
Yet, who can help loving the land that has taught us Six hundred and eighty-five ways to dress eggs?
memorial-day eye soul
Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth; Rest to each faithful eye that weepeth...
awake nature
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
half irish-poet life sweet
No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.