Thomas Moore

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A few days ago, on the occasion of my birthday, I was following in the footsteps of with my better half Thomas Moore traveling in Ireland, Miriam and Ronan also showing us the place which inspired Moore for the following poem in 1808.

Meeting of the Waters

There is not a valley so sweet in the wide world 
As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet;
Oh! the last rays of feeling and life must depart, 
Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart. 

Yet it was not that nature had shed o'er the scene 
Her purest of crystal and brightest of green; 
'Twas not her soft magic of streamlet or hill, 
Oh! no, - it was something more exquisite still. 

'Twas that friends, the beloved of my bosom, were near, 
Who made every dear scene of enchantment more dear, 
And who felt how the best charms of nature improve, 
When we see them reflected from looks that we love. 

Sweet vale of avoca! how calm could I rest 
In thy bosom of shade, with the friends I love best, 
Where the storms that we feel in this cold world should cease, 
And our hearts, like thy waters, be mixed in peace.

Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore traveled a lot in the world and with Lord Byron friends. However, he became known for his numerous ballads and his "Irish Melodies", which ultimately made him one of Ireland's national poets.

His fairy tales and poems were, inter alia, by Robert Schumann and Hector Berlioz set to music

To make them even more curious Thomas Moore to make, you will find another poem here.

to argument

I've often been told by learned friars,
That desire and crime are one.
And heaven punishes desires
As much as the deed was done.

If wishing damn us, you and I
Are damned to all our heart's content;
Come, then, at least we may enjoy
Some pleasure for us
penalty!

Thomas Moore

A visit to Ireland is always a good thing and while you're there make sure to stop by the village of Avaco where two rivers meet to form the Avaco. Maybe this beautiful area inspires you to write a poem?

"All my possessions for a moment of time."

Elizabeth I, her last words

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