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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore

Collected by Himself. In Ten Volumes

Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)

I, II.

VOL. I., VOL. II. ODES OF ANACREON. JUVENILE POEMS. 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.

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V.

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

EVENINGS IN GREECE.

LEGENDARY BALLADS.

A MELOLOGUE UPON NATIONAL MUSIC.

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BALLADS, SONGS, MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, ETC.

TO-DAY, DEAREST! IS OURS.

WHEN ON THE LIP THE SIGH DELAYS.

HERE, TAKE MY HEART.

OH, CALL IT BY SOME BETTER NAME.

POOR WOUNDED HEART.

THE EAST INDIAN.

POOR BROKEN FLOWER.

THE PRETTY ROSE TREE.

SHINE OUT, STARS!

THE YOUNG MULETEERS OF GRENADA.

TELL HER, OH, TELL HER.

NIGHTS OF MUSIC.

OUR FIRST YOUNG LOVE.

BLACK AND BLUE EYES.

FROM LIFE WITHOUT FREEDOM.

HERE'S THE BOWER.

I SAW THE MOON RISE CLEAR.

LOVE AND THE SUN-DIAL.

LOVE'S LIGHT SUMMER-CLOUD.

LOVE, WAND'RING THROUGH THE GOLDEN MAZE.

MERRILY EVERY BOSOM BOUNDETH.

REMEMBER THE TIME.

OH, SOON RETURN.

ONE DEAR SMILE.

YES, YES, WHEN THE BLOOM.

THE DAY OF LOVE.

LUSITANIAN WAR-SONG.

THE YOUNG ROSE.

WHEN 'MIDST THE GAY I MEET.

WHEN TWILIGHT DEWS.

HOW HAPPY, ONCE.

I LOVE BUT THEE.

LET JOY ALONE BE REMEMBER'D NOW.

LOVE THEE, DEAREST? LOVE THEE?

MY HEART AND LUTE.

PEACE, PEACE TO HIM THAT'S GONE!

ROSE OF THE DESERT.

'TIS ALL FOR THEE.

THE SONG OF THE OLDEN TIME.

WAKE THEE, MY DEAR.

THE BOY OF THE ALPS.

FOR THEE ALONE.

HER LAST WORDS, AT PARTING.

LET'S TAKE THIS WORLD AS SOME WIDE SCENE.

LOVE'S VICTORY.

SONG OF HERCULES TO HIS DAUGHTER.

THE DREAM OF HOME.

THEY TELL ME THOU'RT THE FAVOUR'D GUEST.

THE YOUNG INDIAN MAID.

THE HOMEWARD MARCH.

WAKE UP, SWEET MELODY.

CALM BE THY SLEEP.

THE FANCY FAIR.

IF THOU WOULD'ST HAVE ME SING AND PLAY.

STILL WHEN DAYLIGHT.

THE SUMMER WEBS.

MIND NOT THOUGH DAYLIGHT.

THEY MET BUT ONCE.

WITH MOONLIGHT BEAMING.

CHILD'S SONG. FROM A MASQUE.

THE HALCYON HANGS O'ER OCEAN.

THE WORLD WAS HUSH'D.

THE LEGEND OF PUCK THE FAIRY.

BEAUTY AND SONG.

WHEN THOU ART NIGH.

SONG OF A HYPERBOREAN.

THOU BIDST ME SING.

ROUND THE WORLD GOES.

OH, DO NOT LOOK SO BRIGHT AND BLEST.

THE MUSICAL BOX.

WHEN TO SAD MUSIC SILENT YOU LISTEN.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

THE DAWN IS BREAKING O'ER US.

UNPUBLISHED SONGS, 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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SONG OF HERCULES TO HIS DAUGHTER.

“I've been, oh, sweet daughter,
“To fountain and sea,
“To seek in their water
“Some bright gem for thee.
“Where diamonds were sleeping,
“Their sparkle I sought,
“Where crystal was weeping,
“Its tears I have caught.

“The sea-nymph I've courted
“In rich coral halls;
“With Naiads have sported
“By bright waterfalls.
“But sportive or tender,
“Still sought I around

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“That gem, with whose splendour
“Thou yet shalt be crown'd.

“And see, while I'm speaking,
“Yon soft light afar;—
“The pearl I've been seeking
“There floats like a star!
“In the deep Indian Ocean
“I see the gem shine,
“And quick as light's motion
“Its wealth shall be thine.”

Then eastward, like lightning,
The hero-god flew,
His sunny looks bright'ning
The air he went through.
And sweet was the duty,
And hallow'd the hour,
Which saw thus young Beauty
Embellish'd by Power.

Founded on the fable reported by Arrian (in Indicis) of Hercules having searched the Indian Ocean, to find the pearl with which he adorned his daughter Pandæa.