Irish - Poet | May 28, 1779 - February 25, 1852
The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing.
Thomas Moore
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Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
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Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
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No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream.
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Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.
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Came but for friendship, and took away love.
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It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
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My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me.
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Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise.
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This wretched brain gave way, and I became a wreck at random driven, without one glimpse of reason or heaven.
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