5 Thomas Moore Quotes on Loss

Thomas Moore quotes on loss

3. Oft, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken!

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

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11. The harp that once through Tara's Hall The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's wall As if that soul were fled.

16. 'Tis the last rose of Summer, Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone.

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25. Oh! ever thus from childhood's hour I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nurst a dear gazelle To glad me with its soft black eye But when it came to know me well And love me it was sure to die!