To sigh, yet feel no pain; To weep, yet scarce know why; To… - Thomas Moore

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To sigh, yet feel no pain;
To weep, yet scarce know why;
To sport an hour with Beauty's chain,
Then throw it idly by.

Thomas Moore

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Thomas Moore (May 28, 1779 – February 25, 1852) was an Irish poet and hymnist, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Last Rose of Summer.

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Alternative Names: Tom Moore • Anacreon Moore • Thomas, the younger Brown • Thomas Little • Thomas Mur • Tomas Mur • Thomas Brown • Thomas Brown the younger

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One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate.

The harp that once through Tara's halls
The soul of music shed,
Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls
As if that soul were fled.
So sleeps the pride of former days,
So glory's thrill is o'er;
And hearts that once beat high for praise
Now feel that pulse no more.

The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light there is shed upon them.

To sigh, yet feel no pain; To weep, yet scarce know why; To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by. - Thomas Moore

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