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Thomas Moore's greatest works included a brilliant biographical masterpiece taken from the confidential memoirs of Lord Byron. His own ''Memoirs'', ''Journal'', and ''Correspondence'' are an invaluable social record of life in England and Ireland during the first half of the nineteenth century. | Thomas Moore's greatest works included a brilliant biographical masterpiece taken from the confidential memoirs of Lord Byron. His own ''Memoirs'', ''Journal'', and ''Correspondence'' are an invaluable social record of life in England and Ireland during the first half of the nineteenth century. | ||
Although he spent most of his life in England, Moore became known and loved as the national lyricist of Ireland through his 'Irish Melodies'—a collection of verses written to the tunes of old Irish folk songs. The best remembered of these romantic ballads is “Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms,” which to the present day draws the power of his intense love for the will of God. | Although he spent most of his life in England, Moore became known and loved as the national lyricist of Ireland through his ''Irish Melodies''—a collection of verses written to the tunes of old Irish folk songs. The best remembered of these romantic ballads is “Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms,” which to the present day draws the power of his intense love for the will of God. | ||
: Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, | : Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, | ||