Fly not yet; 't is just the hour When pleasure, like the mi… - Thomas Moore

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Fly not yet; 't is just the hour
When pleasure, like the midnight flower
That scorns the eye of vulgar light,
Begins to bloom for sons of night
And maids who love the moon.

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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And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls,
Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.

Go where glory waits thee,
But while fame elates thee,
Oh! still remember me!

When true hearts lie wither'd
And fond ones are flown,
Oh, who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?

Fly not yet; 't is just the hour When pleasure, like the midnight flower That scorns the eye of vulgar light, Begins to bloom for sons of night And m… - Thomas Moore

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