are the work of a brilliantly clever man, endowed with an exquisite musical ear, and a temperament that is rather susceptible than intense. With them may be classed his
National Airs
(1815) and
Sacred Song
(1816).
Moore had already found one field in which he excelled; it was not long before he discovered another. His serious satires,
Corruption
(1808),
Intolerance
(1808), and