I lived from 1779-1852. I was from Ireland, and am in the English category.
Although Moore was an Irish Catholic and the son of a Dublin grocer, Moore became the fashionable versifier of Regency England. His Irish Melodies, published between 1807 and 1834 with accompanying music (some of the tunes by Moore himself), were an immense success, and for many years his wit, charm, liberalism, and singing voice made him a brilliant figure in literary and social circles, especially among the aristocratic Whig reformers. The same qualities made him one of Byron's closest friends. He wrote numerous satires, lampoons, and prose pieces. He is chiefly remembered, however, for the Oriental verse romance Lalla Rookh (1817), which achieved a great European success; his fine Life of Byron (1830); and for a handful of songs--most of them in the tradition of amatory gallantry that goes back to the seventeenth century Cavaliers-- that have one their way into the repertory that is sung around the piano on a social evening.
Popular poetry
- 'Twas when the world was in its prime,
When the fresh stars had just begun1895 lines - 'TIS the last rose of Summer,
Left blooming alone;24 lines, 2 comments - WHEN'ER I see those smiling eyes,
So full of hope, and joy, and light,16 lines - 'Twas a new feeling - something more
Than we had dar'd to own before,18 lines, 2 comments - The harp that once through Tara's halls
The soul of music shed,16 lines, 1 comment - Alone in crowds to wander on,
And feel that all the charm is gone24 lines - FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime
Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time.18 lines - Night closed around the conqueror's way,
And lightnings show'd the distant hill,16 lines
