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• As sunshine broken in the rill, Though turned astray, is sunshine still.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- The Fire-Worshippe...
• Farewell, farewell to thee, Araby's daughter! Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- The Fire-Worshippe...
• Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might!
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- The Fire-Worshippe...
• Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I 've seen my fondest hopes decay
  I never loved a tree or flower But 't was the first to fade away....
• A Persian's heaven is eas'ly made: 'T is but black eyes and lemonade.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Intercepted Letters, Letter vi...
• No eye to watch, and no tongue to wound us, All earth forgot, and all heaven around us.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Come o'er the Sea...
• Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish
  Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal....
• Take all the pleasures of all the spheres, And multiply each through endless years,-- One minute of heaven is worth them all.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Paradise and the Peri...
• This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion give
  The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow,-- There 's nothing true but Heaven....