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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore.by Thomas Moore et al.THOMAS MOORE Thomas Moore w
The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore.by Thomas Moore et al.THOMAS MOORE Thomas Moore was born in Dublin on the 28th of May 1780. Both his parents were Roman-Catholics; and he was, as a matter of course, brought up in the same religion, and adhered to it
- 201 AN EXPOSTULATION TO LORD KING._"quem das finem, rex magne, laborum?"_ VERGIL.1826.How _can_ you, my Lord, thus delight to torment all The Peers of the realm about cheapening their corn,[1]When you know, if one hasn't a very high rental, �
- 202 There's Bentham, whose English is all his own making,-- Who thinks just as little of settling a nation As he would of smoking his pipe or of taking (What he himself calls) his "postprandial vibration."[2]There are two Mr. Mills to whom thos
- 203 "I," said the Bank, "tho' he played me a prank, "While I have a rag, poor _Rob_ shall be rolled in't, "With many a pound I'll paper him round, "Like a plump rouleau--_without_ the gold in it."[1] "Ano
- 204 Yes, Sleeper of Ages, thou _shalt_ be their chosen; And deeply with thee will they sorrow, good men, To think that all Europe has, since thou wert frozen, So altered thou hardly wilt know it again.And Eldon will weep o'er each sad innovation Such oce
- 205 1826.Tho' many great Doctors there be, There are three that all Doctors out-top, Doctor Eady, that famous M. D., Doctor Southey, and dear Doctor Slop.[1]The purger, the proser, the bard-- All quacks in a different style; Doctor Southey writes books b
- 206 Dear Coz, as I know neither you nor Miss Draper, When Parliament's up, ever take in a paper, But trust for your news to such stray odds and ends As you chance to pick up from political friends- Being one of this well-informed cla.s.s, I sit down To t
- 207 COTTON AND CORN.A DIALOGUE.Said Cotton to Corn, t'other day, As they met and exchanged a salute-- (Squire Corn in his carriage so gay, Poor Cotton half famished on foot): "Great Squire, if it isn't uncivil "To hint at starvation before
- 208 Take the good the knaves provide ye!See, with upturned eyes and hands, Where the _Share_man, Brogden, stands, Gaping for the froth to fall Down his gullet--_lye_ and all.See!-- But, hark, my time is out-- Now, like some great water-spout, Scattered by the
- 209 To see her, ye G.o.ds, a new Number perusing-- ART. 1.--"On the _Needle's_ variations," by Pl--ce;[1]ART. 2.--By her Favorite Funblank[2]--"so amusing!"Dear man! he makes Poetry quite a _Law_ case."ART. 3.--"Upon Fallaci
- 210 LITERARY ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nT.Wanted--Authors of all-work to job for the season, No matter which party, so faithful to neither; Good hacks who, if posed for a rhyme or a reason.Can manage, like ******, to do without either.If in jail, all the better for out-
- 211 First, thy care, oh King, devote To Dame Eldon's petticoat.Make it of that silk whose dye s.h.i.+fts for ever to the eye, Just as if it hardly knew Whether to be pink or blue.Or--material fitter yet-- If thou couldst a remnant get Of that stuff with
- 212 But folks at length began to doubt What all this conjuring was about; For, every day, more deep in debt They saw their wealthy rulers get:-- "Let's look (said they) the items thro'"And see if what we're told be true "Of our P
- 213 _Dublin, March 12, 1827_.--Friday, after the arrival of the packet bringing the account of the defeat of the Catholic Question, in the House of Commons, orders were sent to the Pigeon-House to forward 5,000,000 rounds of musket-ball cartridge to the diffe
- 214 [2] The inextenguishable fire of St. Bridget, at Kildare.[3] "We understand that several applications have lately been made to the Protestant clergymen of this town by fellows, inquiring 'What are they giving a head for converts?'"--_W
- 215 I doubt if even Griffinhoof[5] could (Tho' Griffin's a comical lad) Invent any joke half so good As that precious one, "This is too bad!"Then come again, come again Spring!Oh haste thee, with Fun in thy train; And--of all things the fu
- 216 So rides along, with canter smooth and pleasant, That horseman bold, Lord Anglesea, at present;-- _Papist_ and _Protestant_ the coursers twain, That lend their necks to his impartial rein, And round the ring--each honored, as they go, With equal pressure
- 217 I turned my steps and lo! a shadowy throng Of ghosts came fluttering towards me--blown along, Like c.o.c.kchafers in high autumnal storms, By many a fitful gust that thro' their forms Whistled, as on they came, with wheezy puff, And puft as--tho'
- 218 STANZAS WRITTEN IN ANTIc.i.p.aTION OF DEFEAT.[1]1828.Go seek for some abler defenders of wrong, If we _must_ run the gantlet thro' blood and expense; Or, Goths as ye are, in your mult.i.tude strong, Be content with success and pretend not to sense.If
- 219 [1] These verses were suggested by the result of the Clare election, in the year 1828, when the Right Honorable W. Vesey Fitzgerald was rejected, and Mr. O'Connell returned.[2] Some expressions to this purport, in a published letter of one of these g
- 220 SONG OF THE DEPARTING SPIRIT OF t.i.tHE."The parting Genius is with sighing sent."MILTON.It is o'er, it is o'er, my reign is o'er; I hear a Voice, from sh.o.r.e to sh.o.r.e, From Dunfanaghy to Baltimore, And it saith, in sad, pars
- 221 Tied down to the stake, while her limbs, as they quiver, A slow fire of tyranny wastes by degrees-- No wonder disease should have swelled up her liver, No wonder you, Gourmands, should love her disease.[1] The only way, Monsieur Ude a.s.sures us, to get r
- 222 [1] "Let us from Clubs."[2] Commonly called "Paddy Blake's Echoes".[3] Anti-Catholic a.s.sociations, under the t.i.tle of Brunswick Clubs, were at this time becoming numerous both in England and Ireland.INCANTATION.FROM THE NEW TR
- 223 Little Maids of the Mill, who themselves but ill-fed, Are obliged, 'mong their other benevolent cares, To "keep feeding the scribblers,"[1]--and better, 'tis said, Than old Blackwood or Fraser have ever fed theirs.All this is now o
- 224 Resolved our thanks profoundly due are To last month's Quarterly Reviewer, Who proves by arguments so clear (One sees how much he holds _per_ year) That England's Church, tho' out of date, Must still be left to lie in state, As dead, as rot
- 225 If Lairds an' fine Ladies, on Sunday, think right To gang to the deevil--as maist o' 'em do-- To stop them our Andie would think na polite; And 'tis odds (if the chiel could get onything by't) But he'd follow 'em, booing
- 226 A DREAM OF HINDOSTAN.--risum _tenaetis, amici_ "The longer one lives, the more one learns,"Said I, as off to sleep I went, Bemused with thinking of t.i.the concerns, And reading a book by the Bishop of FERNS,[1]On the Irish Church Establishment.
- 227 P. P.[1] In a work, on Church Reform, published by his Lords.h.i.+p in 1832.LORD HENLEY AND ST. CECILIA --_in Metii decenaat Judicis aures_.HORAT.As snug in his bed Lord Henley lay, Revolving much his own renown, And hoping to add thereto a ray By putting
- 228 [3] "Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid." POPE.THE DANCE OF BISHOPS; OR, THE EPISCOPAL QUADRILLE.[1]A DREAM.1833."Solemn dances were, on great festivals and celebrations, admitted among the primitive Christians, in which
- 229 [2] "It had always appeared to him that _between the Catholic and Protestant a great gulf_ intervened, with rendered it impossible," etc.[3] The Baptist might acceptably extend the offices of religion to the Presbyterian and the Independent, or
- 230 This being the case, why, I thought, my dear Emma, 'Twere best to fight shy of so curst a dilemma; And tho' I confess myself somewhat a villain, To've left _idol mio_ without an _addio_, Console your sweet heart, and a week hence from Milan
- 231 _Who_ in short would not grieve if a man of his graces Should go on rejecting, unwarned by the past, The "moderate Reform" of a pair of new braces, Till, some day,--he'll all fall to pieces at last.[1] It will be recollected that the learne
- 232 "A sign of the times, I plainly see,"Said the Saint to himself as, pondering, he Sailed off in the death-boat gallantly.Arrived on earth, quoth he, "No more "I'll affect a body as before; "For I think I'd best, in the co
- 233 [1] These verses, as well as some others that follow, were extorted from me by that lamentable measure of the Whig ministry, the Irish Coercion Act.[2] This eminent artist, in the second edition of the work wherein he propounds this mode of purifying his
- 234 FOOLS' PARADISE.DREAM THE FIRST.I have been, like Puck, I have been, in a trice, To a realm they call Fool's Paradise, Lying N.N.E. of the Land of Sense, And seldom blest with a glimmer thence.But they wanted not in this happy place, Where a lig
- 235 But, as fractions imply that we'd have to dissect, And to cutting up Bishops I strongly object.We've a small, fractious prelate whom well we could spare, Who has just the same decimal worth, to a hair, And, not to leave Ireland too much in the l
- 236 As 'tis now, my dear Tully, some weeks since I started By railroad for earth, having vowed ere we parted To drop you a line by the Dead-Letter post, Just to say how I thrive in my new line of ghost, And how deucedly odd this live world all appears, T
- 237 SKETCH OF THE FIRST ACT OF A NEW ROMANTIC DRAMA."And now," quoth the G.o.ddess, in accents jocose, "Having got good materials, I'll brew such a dose "Of Double X mischief as, mortals shall say, "They've not known its equ
- 238 Never in short did parallel Betwixt two heroes _gee_ so well; And among the points in which they fit, There's one, dear Bob, I can?t omit.That hacking, hectoring blade of thine Dealt much in the _Domdaniel_ line; And 'tis but rendering justice d
- 239 It is true, we've among us some peers of the past, Who keep pace with the present most awfully fast-- Fruits that ripen beneath the new light now arising With speed that to _us_, old conserves, is surprising.Conserves, in whom--potted, for grandmamma
- 240 Half Whig, half Tory, like those mid-way things, 'Twixt bird and beast, that by mistake have wings; A mongrel Stateman, 'twixt two factions nurst, Who, of the faults of each, combines the worst-- The Tory's loftiness, the Whigling's sn
- 241 [2] The zoological term for a t.i.the-eater.[3] The man found by Scheuchzer, and supposed by him to have witnessed the Deluge ("_h.o.m.o diluvii testis_"), but who turned out, I am sorry to say, to be merely a great lizard.[4] Particularly the f
- 242 Those who are anxious to run a muck Can?t do better than join with Puck.They'll find him _bon diable_--spite of his phiz-- And, in fact, his great ambition is, While playing old Puck in first-rate style, To be _thought_ Robin Good-fellow all the whil
- 243 _Da Capo_.[1] One of the most interesting and curious of all the exhibitions of the day.[2] The sign of the Insurance Office in Cheapside.ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW GRAND ACCELERATION COMPANY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE SPEED OF LITERATURE.Loud complaints being m
- 244 More money! more churches!--oh Nimrod, hadst thou 'Stead of _Tower_-extension, some shorter way gone-- Hadst thou known by what methods we mount to heaven _now_, And tried _Church_-extension, the feat had been done![1] The Birmans may not buy the sac
- 245 CHURCH EXTENSION.TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.Sir--A well-known cla.s.sical traveller, while employed in exploring, some time since, the supposed site of the Temple of Diana of Ephesus, was so fortunate, in the course of his researches, as to li
- 246 For our parts, gravity's good for the soul, Such a fancy have we for the side that there's fun on, We'd rather with Sydney southwest take a "stroll,"Than _coach_ it north-east with his Lords.h.i.+p of Lunnun.[1] "This stroll
- 247 But we must not despair--even already Hope sees You're about, my bold Baron, to kick up a breeze Of the true baffling sort, such as suits me and you, Who have boxt the whole compa.s.s of party right thro', And care not one farthing, as all the w
- 248 LINES ON THE DEATH OF SHERIDAN._principibus placuisse viris_!--HORAT.Yes, grief will have way--but the fast falling tear Shall be mingled with deep execrations on those Who could bask in that Spirit's meridian career.And yet leave it thus lonely and
- 249 _tu Regibus alas eripe_ VERGIL, _Georg. lib_. iv.--Clip the wings Of these high-flying arbitrary Kings.DRYDEN'S _Translation_.DEDICATION.TO LORD BYRON.Dear Lord Byron,--Though this Volume should possess no other merit in your eyes, than that of remin
- 250 PROEM.Where Kings have been by mob-elections Raised to the throne, 'tis strange to see What different and what odd perfections Men have required in Royalty.Some, liking monarchs large and plumpy, Have chosen their Sovereigns by the weight;-- Some wisht t
- 251 Scarce had her fingers touched the torch.When, frighted by the sparks it shed, Nor waiting even to feel the scorch, She dropt it to the earth--and fled.And fallen it might have long remained; But GREECE, who saw her moment now, Caught up the prize, tho'
- 252 The Friar consented--little knew What tricks the youth had in his head; Besides, was rather tempted too By a laced coat he got instead.Away ran Royalty, slap-dash, Scampering like mad about the town; Broke windows, s.h.i.+vered lamps to smash, And knockt
- 253 But much it vext my Lord to find, That, while all else obeyed his will, The Fire these Ghebers left behind, Do what he would, kept burning still.Fiercely he stormed, as if his frown Could scare the bright insurgent down; But, no--such fires are headstrong
- 254 THOMAS BROWN THE YOUNGER.THE FUDGE FAMILY IN PARIS LETTER I.FROM MISS BIDDY FUDGE TO MISS DOROTHY ----, OF CLONKILTY, IN IRELAND.Amiens.Dear DOLL, while the tails of our horses are plaiting, The trunks tying on, and Papa, at the door, Into very bad French
- 255 Genteeler thus to date my Book; And BIDDY'S right--besides, it curries Some favor with our friends at MURRAY'S, Who scorn what any man can say, That dates from Rue St. Honore![4][1] This excellent imitation of the n.o.ble Lord's style shows how deeply
- 256 Thoughts that--could patience hold--'twere wiser far To leave still hid and burning where they are.[1] "They used to leave a square yard of the wall of the house unplastered, on which they write, in large letters, either the fore- mentioned verse of the
- 257 With three times three ill.u.s.trious cheers, Which made the room resound like thunder-- "The REGENT'S Ears, and may he ne'er "From foolish shame, like MIDAS, wear "Old paltry _wigs_ to keep them[2] under!"This touch at our old friends, the Whigs, M
- 258 [1] Napoleon's Proclamation on landing from Elba.[2] At the Peace of Tilsit, where he abandoned his ally, Prussia, to France, and received a portion of her territory.[3] The seizure of Finland from his relative of Sweden.[4] The usual preamble of these f
- 259 Sweet metaphor!--and then the Epistle, Which bid the Saxon King go whistle,-- That tender letter to _"Mon Prince"_[1]Which showed alike thy French and sense;-- Oh no, my Lord--there's none can do Or say _un-English_ things like you: And, if the schemes
- 260 [6] "I remember," says Bernier, "that all the Omrahs expressed great joy that the King weighed two pounds more now than the year preceding."-- Another author tells us that "Fatness, as well as a very large head, is considered, thr
- 261 True, he was false--despotic--all you please-- Had trampled down man's holiest liberties-- Had, by a genius, formed for n.o.bler things Than lie within the grasp of _vulgar_ Kings, But raised the hopes of men--as eaglets fly With tortoises aloft into
- 262 THE FUDGES IN ENGLAND BEING A SEQUEL TO THE "FUDGE FAMILY IN PARIS."PREFACE.The name of the country town, in England--a well-known fas.h.i.+onable watering-place--in which the events that gave rise to the following correspondence occurred, is, f
- 263 In short, dear, this preaching and psalm-singing pair, Chosen "vessels of mercy," as _I_ thought they were, Have together this last week eloped; making bold To whip off as much goods as both vessels could hold-- Not forgetting some scores of swe
- 264 The nasty things made it "from freshly-blown noses!"And once when to please my cross Aunt, I had tried To commemorate some saint of her _cligue_, who'd just died, Having said he "had taken up in heaven his position,"They made it,
- 265 But luck has two handles, dear Judy, they say, And mine has _both_ handles put on the wrong way.For, pondherin', one morn, on a drame I'd just had Of yourself and the babbies, at Mullinafad, Och, there came o'er my sinses so plasin' a
- 266 _Wednesday_._Mem_.--To write to the India Mission Society; And send 20--heavy tax upon piety!Of all Indian luxuries we now-a-days boast, Making "Company's Christians" perhaps costs the most.And the worst of it is, that these converts full g
- 267 Satires irritate--love-songs are found calorific; But smooth, female sonnets he deems a specific, And, if taken at bedtime, a sure soporific.Among works of this kind, the most pleasing we know, Is a volume just published by Simpkins and Co., Where all suc
- 268 While on went Murthagh, in iligant style, Blasphaming us Cath'lics all the while, As a pack of desaivers, parjurers, villains, All the whole kit of the aforesaid millions;-- Yourself, dear Judy, as well as the rest, And the innocent craythur that's at y
- 269 Same evening, Miss F. Fudge, tis hinted-- Niece of the above, (whose "Sylvan Lyre," In our _Gazette_, last week, we printed). Eloped with Pat. Magan, Esquire. The fugitives were trackt some time, After theyd left the Aunts abode, By sc.r.a.ps of