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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore

Collected by Himself. In Ten Volumes

Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)

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I, II.

VOL. I., VOL. II. ODES OF ANACREON. JUVENILE POEMS. POEMS RELATING TO AMERICA.

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JUVENILE POEMS.

FRAGMENTS OF COLLEGE EXERCISES.

[Is there no call, no consecrating cause]

TO A BOY, WITH A WATCH.

REUBEN AND ROSE.

TO A LADY, WITH SOME MANUSCRIPT POEMS.

NATURE'S LABELS.

A REFLECTION AT SEA.

CLORIS AND FANNY.

THE SALE OF LOVES.

ON THE DEATH OF A LADY.

THE NATAL GENIUS.

ELEGIAC STANZAS, SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY JULIA,

TO THE LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL MISS ------

HYMN OF A VIRGIN OF DELPHI,

ELEGIAC STANZAS.

LOVE AND MARRIAGE.

TO MISS ------,

THE PHILOSOPHER ARISTIPPUS TO A LAMP

WRITTEN IN A COMMONPLACE BOOK, CALLED “THE BOOK OF FOLLIES;”

LIGHT SOUNDS THE HARP.

FROM THE GREEK OF MELEAGER.

THE RESEMBLANCE.

FANNY, DEAREST.

TO THE INVISIBLE GIRL.

WRITTEN IN THE BLANK LEAF OF A LADY'S COMMONPLACE BOOK.

TO CARA, AFTER AN INTERVAL OF ABSENCE.

TO CARA, ON THE DAWNING OF A NEW YEAR'S DAY.

TO ------, 1801.

THE GENIUS OF HARMONY

[I found her not—the chamber seem'd]

TO MRS. HENRY TIGHE,

FROM THE HIGH PRIEST OF APOLLO TO A VIRGIN OF DELPHI.

A NIGHT THOUGHT.

IMITATION OF CATULLUS.

[Oh woman, if through sinful wile]

EPIGRAM, FROM THE FRENCH.

ON A SQUINTING POETESS.

TO A LADY, ON HER SINGING.

ON THE BIRTHDAY OF MRS. ---

THE TELL-TALE LYRE.

PEACE AND GLORY.

LOVE AND REASON.

[Nay, do not weep, my Fanny dear]

THE GRECIAN GIRL'S DREAM OF THE BLESSED ISLANDS.

THE WREATH AND THE CHAIN.

TO ---'S PICTURE.

FRAGMENT OF A MYTHOLOGICAL HYMN TO LOVE.

TO HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF MONTPENSIER,

THE FALL OF HEBE.

RINGS AND SEALS.

TO MISS SUSAN B*CKF---D.

IMPROMPTU, ON LEAVING SOME FRIENDS.

A VISION OF PHILOSOPHY.

TO LADY HEATHCOTE,

THE DEVIL AMONG THE SCHOLARS,

POEMS RELATING TO AMERICA.

III, IV.

VOL. III., VOL. IV. CORRUPTION AND INTOLERANCE. THE SCEPTIC. TWOPENNY POST-BAG. SATIRICAL AND HUMOROUS POEMS. IRISH MELODIES. NATIONAL AIRS. SACRED SONGS.

V.

VOL. V. EVENINGS IN GREECE. BALLADS, SONGS, MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, ETC. ETC.

VI, VII.

VOL. VI., VOL. VII. LALLA ROOKH. POLITICAL AND SATIRICAL POEMS. THE FUDGE FAMILY IN PARIS. FABLES FOR THE HOLY ALLIANCE. RHYMES ON THE ROAD. AND MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

VIII, IX.

VOL. VIII., VOL. IX THE LOVES OF THE ANGELS. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. SATIRICAL AND HUMOROUS POEMS. THE FUDGES IN ENGLAND. MISCELLANEOUS.

X.

VOL. X. THE EPICUREAN. ALCIPHRON.

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TO A BOY, WITH A WATCH.

WRITTEN FOR A FRIEND.

Is it not sweet, beloved youth,
To rove through Erudition's bowers,
And cull the golden fruits of truth,
And gather Fancy's brilliant flowers?

And is it not more sweet than this,
To feel thy parents' hearts approving,
And pay them back in sums of bliss
The dear, the endless debt of loving?

It must be so to thee, my youth;
With this idea toil is lighter;
This sweetens all the fruits of truth,
And makes the flowers of fancy brighter.

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The little gift we send thee, boy,
May sometimes teach thy soul to ponder,
If indolence or siren joy
Should ever tempt that soul to wander.

'Twill tell thee that the winged day
Can ne'er be chain'd by man's endeavour;
That life and time shall fade away,
While heav'n and virtue bloom for ever!