Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of
The Minstrel Boy"The Minstrel Boy" is an Irish patriotic song written by Thomas Moore who set it to the melody of The Moreen, an old Irish air. It is widely believed that Moore composed the song in remembrance of a number of his friends, whom he met while studying at Trinity College, Dublin and who had...
and the
The Last Rose of SummerThe Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland...
.
Born on the corner of Aungier Street in
DublinDublin is the largest city and capital of Ireland. It is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath or Áth Cliath ; the English name comes from the Irish Dubh Linn meaning "black pool". It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the...
, Ireland over his father's grocery shop, his father being from an Irish speaking
Gaeltachtis the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region. In Ireland, The Gaeltacht, or An Ghaeltacht, refers individually to any, or collectively to all, of the districts where the government recognizes that the Irish language is the predominant language, that is, the vernacular spoken at home...
in
KerryCounty Kerry is one of the traditional counties of Ireland. It is located within the province of Munster. Kerry is the fifth largest of Ireland’s 32 counties in area and 14th largest in terms of population...
and his mother, Anastasia Codd, from
WexfordWexford is the county town of County Wexford in Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern tip of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to the capital Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route , and the national rail network...
. He was educated at
Trinity CollegeTrinity College Dublin , corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", and is the only constituent college of...
, which had recently allowed entry to Catholic students and studied law at the
Middle TempleThe Honourable Society of the Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn. It is near the Royal Courts of Justice, within the City of London.In the 13th...
in
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.
Faintly as tolls the evening chime,Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time.
Poems Relating to America. A Canadian Boat Song, st. 1
A Persian's heaven is easily made:'Tis but black eyes and lemonade.
Intercepted Letters; or The Two-Penny Post Bag, VI (1813)
I feel like one,Who treads aloneSome banquet-hall deserted,Whose lights are fled,Whose garlands dead,And all but he departed!
Oft in the Stilly Night, st. 2 (1815)
What though youth gave love and roses,Age still leaves us friends and wine.
National Airs, Spring and Autumn, st. 1 (1815)
Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea!Jehovah has triumphed—his people are free.
Sacred Songs, Sound the Loud Timbrel, st. 1
Oh, call it by some better name,For friendship sounds too cold.
Ballads and Songs. Oh, Call It by Some Better Name, st. 1
Go where glory waits thee,But while fame elates thee,Oh! still remember me!
Go Where Glory Waits Thee, st. 1
Oh! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade,Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid.
Oh Breathe Not His Name, st. 1
And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls,Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.
Oh Breathe Not His Name, st. 1
Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of
The Minstrel Boy"The Minstrel Boy" is an Irish patriotic song written by Thomas Moore who set it to the melody of The Moreen, an old Irish air. It is widely believed that Moore composed the song in remembrance of a number of his friends, whom he met while studying at Trinity College, Dublin and who had...
and the
The Last Rose of SummerThe Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland...
.
Biography
Born on the corner of Aungier Street in
DublinDublin is the largest city and capital of Ireland. It is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath or Áth Cliath ; the English name comes from the Irish Dubh Linn meaning "black pool". It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the...
, Ireland over his father's grocery shop, his father being from an Irish speaking
Gaeltachtis the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region. In Ireland, The Gaeltacht, or An Ghaeltacht, refers individually to any, or collectively to all, of the districts where the government recognizes that the Irish language is the predominant language, that is, the vernacular spoken at home...
in
KerryCounty Kerry is one of the traditional counties of Ireland. It is located within the province of Munster. Kerry is the fifth largest of Ireland’s 32 counties in area and 14th largest in terms of population...
and his mother, Anastasia Codd, from
WexfordWexford is the county town of County Wexford in Ireland. It is situated near the southeastern tip of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to the capital Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route , and the national rail network...
. He was educated at
Trinity CollegeTrinity College Dublin , corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", and is the only constituent college of...
, which had recently allowed entry to Catholic students and studied law at the
Middle TempleThe Honourable Society of the Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn. It is near the Royal Courts of Justice, within the City of London.In the 13th...
in
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
. It was as a poet, translator, balladeer and singer that he found fame. His work soon became immensely popular and included
The Harp That Once Through Tara’s Halls,
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms,
The Meeting of the WatersThe Avoca is a river in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is contained completely within the county.The Avoca starts life as two rivers, the Avonmore and the Avonbeg...
and many others. His ballads were published as Moore's Irish Melodies (commonly called Moore's Melodies) in 1846 and 1852.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/048641101X http://home.tiac.net/~cfiddle/mooresmelodies.html
Moore was far more than a balladeer, however. He had major success as a society figure in
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, and in 1803 was appointed registrar to the
AdmiraltyThe Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. Originally exercised by a single person, the office of Lord High Admiral was from the 18th century onward almost invariably put "in commission", and was exercised by a Board of Admiralty.In...
in
BermudaBermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1,770 kilometres northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1,350 kilometres south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada...
. From there, he travelled in Canada and the United States. It was after this trip that he published his book,
Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems, which featured a paean to the historic
Cohoes FallsCohoes Falls is a waterfall on the Mohawk River shared by the towns of Cohoes and Waterford, New York, United States. Discovered by the indigenous Mohawk tribe, they called the falls Ga-ha-oose, which is believed to mean "The Place of the Falling Canoe." Cohoes local historian Arthur Masten wrote...
called
Lines Written at the Cohos (sic), or Falls of the Mohawk River, among other famous verses. He returned to England and married an actress, Elizabeth "Bessy" Dyke, in 1811. Moore had expensive tastes, and, despite the large sums he was earning from his writing, soon got into debt, a situation which was exacerbated by the embezzlement of money by the man he had employed to deputise for him in Maine. Moore became liable for the £6000 which had been illegally appropriated. In 1819, he was forced to leave Britain -- in company with
Lord John RussellJohn Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....
-- and live in
ParisParis is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
until 1822 (notably with the family of
Martin de VillamilFelipe Martin de Villamil or Martin Villamil was a trader in the Caribbeans and in Europe.- In the Caribbeans :...
), when the debt was finally paid off. Some of this time was spent with Lord Byron, whose
literary executorA literary executor is a person with decision-making power in respect of a literary estate.The literary estate of an author who has died will often consist mainly of the copyright and other intellectual property rights of published works, including for example film and translation rights...
Moore became. He was much criticised later for allowing himself to be persuaded into destroying Byron's memoirs at the behest of Byron's family due to their damningly honest content. Moore did, however, edit and publish
Letters and Journals of Lord ByronGeorge Gordon Byron, later Noel, 6th Baron Byron, of Rochdale, FRS, and commonly known today as Lord Byron was an English poet and a leading figure in Romanticism...
, with Notices of his Life (1830).
He finally settled in Sloperton Cottage at
Bromham, WiltshireBromham is a medium-sized village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. Besides the main village of Bromham, there are five other settlements in the parish. These are St Edith’s Marsh, Westbrook, Hawkstreet, Netherstreet and Chittoe...
, England, and became a novelist and biographer as well as a successful poet. He received a state pension, but his personal life was dogged by tragedy including the untimely deaths of all of his five children within his lifetime and the suffering of a stroke in later life, which disabled him from performances - the activity at which he was most renowned. His remains are in the vault at St.
Nicholas, Bromham.
Moore frequently visited
Boyle FarmBoyle Farm was the earlier name of the 'Home of Compassion', a mansion on the banks of the River Thames in Thames Ditton, Surrey. The house was built on the site of Forde's Farm by Charlotte Boyle Walsingham in the late 18th century. Although the estate has been sold and divided into expensive...
in
Thames DittonThames Ditton is a village in Surrey, England, bordering Greater London. It is situated 12.2 miles south-west of Charing Cross between the towns of Kingston upon Thames, Surbiton, Esher and East Molesey...
,
SurreySurrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford...
, as the guest of
Lord Henry FitzgeraldLord Henry FitzGerald PC was the fourth son of the 1st Duke of Leinster and the Duchess of Leinster . A younger brother was the revolutionary Lord Edward FitzGerald.-Life:...
and his wife. One noteworthy occasion was the subject of Moore's long poem, 'The Summer Fete'.
Moore is considered Ireland's National Bard and is to it what Robert Burns is to Scotland. Moore is commemorated in several places; by a plaque on the house where he was born, a bust at
The Meetings and one in Central Park, New York and by a large bronze statue near Trinity College Dublin.
- Many composers have set the poems of Thomas Moore to music. They include Gaspare Spontini
Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini was an Italian opera composer and conductor, extremely celebrated in his time, though largely forgotten after his death.-Biography:...
, Robert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic...
, Hector Berlioz Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande Messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation...
, Charles IvesCharles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer. He is widely regarded as one of the first American composers of international significance. Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years...
, William BolcomWilliam Elden Bolcom is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, two Grammy Awards, and the Detroit Music Award. Bolcom taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973-2008. He is married to mezzo-soprano Joan...
, Lori LaitmanLori Laitman is an American composer of art songs that are performed widely in the United States and abroad. She has composed nearly 200 songs, settings the words of classical and contemporary poets...
, Benjamin BrittenEdward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, violist and pianist.-Life:...
and Henri DuparcHenri Duparc was a French composer of the late Romantic period.- Biography :Duparc was born in Paris...
.
- The song Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms is often used in a famous gag in a number of Warner Brothers cartoons, usually involving a piano or Xylophone
The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family which probably originated in Slovakia. It consists of wooden bars of various lengths that are struck by plastic, wooden, or rubber mallets. Each bar is tuned to a specific pitch of the musical scale...
rigged to explode when a certain note is played. The hero, typically Bugs BunnyBugs Bunny is a fictional character who appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, which became Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1945. In 2002, he was named by TV Guide as the greatest cartoon character of all time, an honor he shares...
, tries to play the melody line of the song, but always misses the rigged note (C above middle C). The villain or rival, finally exasperated, pushes the hero aside and plays the song himself, striking the correct note and blowing himself up. In one instance, however, the protagonist plays the melody on a xylophone and, upon striking the rigged note, the antagonist explodes in an "old gag, new twist."
- Many songs of Thomas Moore are cited in works of James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish expatriate author, playwright and poet of the 20th century. He is known for his landmark novel Ulysses and its controversial successor Finnegans Wake , as well as the short story collection Dubliners and the semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of...
, for example Silent, O Moyle! in Two Gallants (Dubliners) or The Last Rose of SummerThe Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland...
.
List of Works
- Odes of Anacreon
Anacreon was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of nine lyric poets.- Life :...
(1800)
- Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Little, Esq. (1801)
- The Gypsy Prince (a light opera; w/ Michael Kelly, 1801)
- Epistles, Odes and Other Poems (1806)
- A Selection of Irish Melodies, 1 and 2 (April 1808)
- Corruption and Intolerance, Two Poems (1808)
- The Sceptic: A Philosophical Satire (1809)
- A Selection of Irish Melodies, 3 (January 1810)
- A Letter to the Roman Catholics of Dublin (1810)
- A Melologue upon National Music (1811)
- M.P.: or, the Blue-Stocking
A bluestocking is an educated, intellectual woman. Such women are stereotyped as being frumpy and the reference to blue stockings refers to the time when woolen worsted stockings were informal dress, as compared with formal, fashionable black silk stockings....
(A comic operaComic opera, or light opera, denotes a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending.Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th century Italy. By the 1730s, a new operatic genre, opera buffa, emerged as an alternative to opera seria...
produced at the Lyceum, 9 September 1811)
- A Selection of Irish Melodies, 4 (November 1811)
- Parody of a Celebrated Letter (Privately printed and circulated, February 1812, Examiner
The Examiner was a weekly paper founded by Leigh and John Hunt in 1808.Albany Fonblanque, the journal's political commentator since 1826, took over the Examiner in 1830, serving as editor until 1847. He brought in such contributors as John Stuart Mill, John Forster, William Makepeace Thackeray, and...
, 8 March 1812)
- To a Plumassier (Morning Chronicle
The Morning Chronicle was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London, England, and published under various owners until 1862. It was most notable for having been the first employer of Charles Dickens, and for publishing the articles by Henry Mayhew which were collected and published in book format in...
, 16 March 1812)
- Extracts from the Diary of a Fashionable Politician (Morning Chronicle, 30 March 1812)
- The Insurrection of the Papers (Morning Chronicle, 23 April 1812)
- Lines on the Death of Mr. P[e]rc[e]v[a]l
Spencer Perceval, KC was a British statesman and Prime Minister. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated. He is the only Solicitor General or Attorney General, and one of very few lawyers, to have been Prime Minister.The younger son of a minor nobleman, Perceval was...
(May 1812)
- The Sale of the Tools (Morning Chronicle, 21 December 1812)
- Correspondence Between a Lady and a Gentleman (Morning Chronicle, 6 January 1813)
- Intercepted Letters, or the Two-Penny Post-Bag (March 1813)
- Reinforcements for Lord Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century....
(Morning Chronicle, 27 August 1813)
- A Selection of Irish Melodies, 5 (December 1813)
- A Collection of the Vocal Music of Thomas Moore (1814)
- A Selection of Irish Melodies, 6 (March 1815)
- Sacred Songs, 1 (June 1816)
- Lines on the Death of Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan was a playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. For thirty-two years, he was also a Member of Parliament aligned with the British Whig Party. Such was the esteem he was held in by his contemporaries when he died that he was buried...
(Morning Chronicle, June 1816)
- Lalla-Rookh
Lalla-Rookh or Lala Rukh is a poem by Thomas Moore, published in 1817. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the daughter of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Engaged to the young king of Bactria, she goes forth to meet him, but her heart is smitten by a poet she meets on...
, an Oriental Romance (May 1817)
- The Fudge Family in Paris (20 April 1818)
- National Airs, 1 (23 April 1818)
- To the Ship in which Lord C[A]ST[LE]R[EA]GH
Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry KG, GCH, PC, PC , known to history as Lord Castlereagh
[The name Castlereagh derives from the baronies of Castlereagh, or Castellrioughe, and Ards, in which the manors of Newtownards and Comber were located...]
Sailed for the Continent (Morning Chronicle, 22 September 1818)
- Lines on the Death of Joseph Atkinson, Esq. of Dublin (25 September 1818)
- Go, Brothers in Wisdom (Morning Chronicle, 18 August 1818)
- To Sir Hudson Lowe
Sir Hudson Lowe KCB, GCMG was an Anglo-Irish military commander, best known as the Governor of St Helena, where he was the "gaoler" of Napoleon Bonaparte.-Early life and career:...
(ExaminerThe Examiner was a weekly paper founded by Leigh and John Hunt in 1808.Albany Fonblanque, the journal's political commentator since 1826, took over the Examiner in 1830, serving as editor until 1847. He brought in such contributors as John Stuart Mill, John Forster, William Makepeace Thackeray, and...
, 4 October 1818)
- A Selection of Irish Melodies, 7 (October 1818)
- The Works of Thomas Moore (6 vols.) (1819)
- Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress (January 1819)
- National Airs, 2 (1820)
- Irish Melodies, with a Melologue upon National Music (1820)
- A Selection of Irish Melodies, 8 (1821)
- Irish Melodies (with an Appendix, containing the original advertisements and the prefatory letter on music, 1821)
- National Airs, 3 (June 1822)
- National Airs, 4 (1822)
- The Loves of the Angels, a Poem (23 December 1822)
- The Loves of the Angels, an Eastern Romance (5th ed. of Loves of the Angels) (1823)
- Fables for the Holy Alliance, Rhymes on the Road, &c. &c. (7 May 1823)
- Sacred Songs, 2 (1824)
- A Selection of Irish Melodies, 9 (1 November 1824)
- Memoirs of Captain Rock (9 April 1824)
- Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan was a playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. For thirty-two years, he was also a Member of Parliament aligned with the British Whig Party. Such was the esteem he was held in by his contemporaries when he died that he was buried...
(2 vols.) (1825)
- National Airs, 5 (1826)
- Evenings in Greece, 1 (1826)
- A Dream of Turtle (The Times
The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register....
, 28 September 1826)
- The Epicurean
The Epicurean is a novel by Thomas Moore, published in 1827. It relates the story of Alciphron, leader of the Epicurean sect in Athens in the 3rd century AD, in his journey to Egypt seeking the secret of immortality....
, a Tale (1827)
- National Airs, 6 (1827)
- A Set of Glees (1827)
- Odes upon Cash, Corn, Catholics, and other Matters (1828)
- Letters & Journals of Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, later Noel, 6th Baron Byron, of Rochdale, FRS, and commonly known today as Lord Byron was an English poet and a leading figure in Romanticism...
, with Notices of his Life (vol.1) (15 January 1830)
- Legendary Ballads (1830)
- Letters & Journals of Lord Byron, with Notices of his Life (vol.2) (January 1831)
- The Life and Death of Lord Edward FitzGerald
Lord Edward FitzGerald was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary. He was the fifth son of the 1st Duke of Leinster and the Duchess of Leinster and, was born at Carton House, near Dublin....
(2 vols.) (1831)
- The Summer Fete (1831)
- Evenings in Greece, 2 (1832)
- Irish Antiquities (The Times, 5 March 1832)
- From the Hon. Henry ---, to Lady Emma --- (The Times, 9 April 1832)
- To Caroline, Viscountess Valletort (The Metropolitan Magazine
The Metropolitan: a monthly journal of literature, science, and the fine arts was a London monthly journal established by Thomas Campbell in 1831....
, June 1832)
- Ali's Bride... (The Metropolitan Magazine, August 1832)
- Verses to the Poet Crabbe's Inkstand (The Metropolitan Magazine, August 1832)
- Tory Pledges (The Times, 30 August 1832)
- Song to the Departing Spirit of Tithe (The Metropolitan Magazine, September 1832)
- The Duke is the Lad (The Times, 2 October 1832)
- St. Jerome on Earth, First Visit (The Times, 29 October 1832)
- St. Jerome on Earth, Second Visit (The Times, 12 November 1832)
- Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion (2 vols.) (1833)
- To the Rev. Charles Overton (The Times, 6 November 1833)
- Irish Melodies, 10 (with Supplement) (1834)
- Vocal Miscellany, 1 (1834)
- The Numbering of the Clergy (Examiner
The Examiner was a weekly paper founded by Leigh and John Hunt in 1808.Albany Fonblanque, the journal's political commentator since 1826, took over the Examiner in 1830, serving as editor until 1847. He brought in such contributors as John Stuart Mill, John Forster, William Makepeace Thackeray, and...
, 5 October 1834)
- Vocal Miscellany, 2 (1835)
- The Fudge Family in England (1835)
- The History of Ireland (vol.1) (1835)
- The History of Ireland (vol.2) (1837)
- The Song of the Box (Morning Chronicle
The Morning Chronicle was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London, England, and published under various owners until 1862. It was most notable for having been the first employer of Charles Dickens, and for publishing the articles by Henry Mayhew which were collected and published in book format in...
, 19 February 1838)
- Sketch of the First Act of a New Romantic Drama (Morning Chronicle, 22 March 1838)
- Thoughts on Patrons, Puffs, and Other Matters (Bentley's Miscellany
Bentley's Miscellany was a literary magazine started by Richard Bentley. It was published between 1836 and 1868.Already a successful publisher of novels, Bentley began the journal in 1836 and invited, then up-and-coming author, Charles Dickens to be its first editor...
, 1839)
- Alciphron
Alciphron was an ancient Greek sophist, and the most eminent among the Greek epistolographers. Regarding his life or the age in which he lived we possess no direct information whatever.-Works:...
, a Poem (1839)
- The History of Ireland (vol.3) (1840)
- The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, collected by himself (10 vols.) (1840-1841)
- Thoughts on Mischief (Morning Chronicle, 2 May 1840)
- Religion and Trade (Morning Chronicle, 1 June 1840)
- An Account of an Extraordinary Dream (Morning Chronicle, 15 June 1840)
- The Retreat of the Scorpion (Morning Chronicle, 16 July 1840)
- Musings, suggested by the Late Promotion of Mrs. Nethercoat (Morning Chronicle, 27 August 1840)
- The Triumphs of Farce (1840)
- Latest Accounts from Olympus (1840)
- A Threnody
A threnody is a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. The term originates from the Greek word threnoidia, from threnos + oide ; ultimately, from the Proto-Indo-European root wed- that is also the precursor of such words as "ode", "tragedy", "comedy",...
on the Approaching Demise of Old Mother Corn-LawThe Corn Laws were import tariffs designed to support domestic British corn prices against competition from less expensive foreign imports between 1815 and 1846. The tariffs were introduced by the Importation Act 1815 and repealed by the Importation Act 1846...
(Morning Chronicle, 23 February 1842)
- Sayings and Doings of Ancient Nicholas (Morning Chronicle, 7 April 1842)
- 'More Sayings and Doings of Ancient Nicholas (Morning Chronicle, 12 May 1842)
- The History of Ireland (vol.4) (1846)
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