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• There 's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Lalla Rookh, The Veiled Prophet of Khorassa...
• But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Lalla Rookh, The Veiled Prophet of Khorassa...
• This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas, The past, the future,--two eternities!
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Lalla Rookh, The Veiled Prophet of Khorassa...
• As half in shade and half in sun This world along its path advances, May that side the sun 's upon Be all that e'er shall meet thy glances!
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Peace be around Thee...
• Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- On the Death of Sherida...
• The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light there is shed upon them.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Preface to Corruption and Intolerance...
• 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 spoke...
• What's up in the ghetto, boy. Oh they just captured the suspect.
  A day without violence is like a day without sunshine....
• A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- How shall I woo?...