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"Like a young eagle who has lent his plume To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom, See their own feathers pluckd to wing the dart Which rank corruption destines for their heart."
Thomas MooreOh! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, — Thomas Moore
"Oh! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonourd his relics are laid."
Thomas Moore
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Thomas Moore was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist, widely regarded in his lifetime as Ireland's "national bard". The acclaim rested primarily on the popularity of his Irish Melodies. In these, Moore set to old Irish tunes verses that spoke to a narrative of Irish dispossession, loss, and resistance. With his romantic work Lalla Rookh (1817), in which these same themes are explored in an elabora
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