Thomas Moore

by Stephen Lucius Gwynn

2. Notes from the Letters of Thomas Moore to his Music Publisher, James Power (the publication of which was suppressed in London). 8vo. [1854].

3. Prose and Verse, Humorous, Satirical and Sentimental. By Thomas Moore. With suppressed passages from the Memoirs of Lord Byron. Chiefly from the Author's own Manuscript, and all hitherto inedited and uncollected. 8vo. 1878.

The last-named publication includes the contributions of Moore to the Edinburgh Review, between 1814 and 1834.

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INDEX

A
"After the Battle" (quotation), [47].
Alciphron, [95], [105] n., [156].
Alliance, The Holy, [66], [67], [70].
Anacreon, Odes of (Moore's Translation), [18], [20], [22], [23], [24],
[26], [38], [73], [171].
Anglesey, Lord, [146].
Anthologia Hibernica, [4].
Atkinson, Joseph, [19], [27].
Auckland, Lord, [164].
B
Belfast Commercial Chronicle, [43].
Bermuda, [30], [31].
Bishop, Sir Henry, [55] n., [195] n.
Blake, [24].
Blessington, Lady, [124].
Boswell, [127].
Bride of Abydos, The (Byron), [59], [181].
"Brown, Thomas," [61], [62], [105].
Burke, [188].
Burns, [23], [181], [182].
Byron, [1], [38], [40], [58], [59], [71], [83], [84], [85], [91], [92], [94], [95], [104], [115],
[116], [117], [126], [127], [128]-134, [137], [169] n.., [172], [174].
Byron, Life of, [126]-127, [133].
Byron's Memoirs, [92], [95], [115]-120, [124].
Byron, Lady, [117].
C
Campbell, [71], [130], [173].
"Canadian Boat-song," [37], [176].
Canning, [110], [135], [136].
——-, Lady, [135].
Captain Rock, History of, [70], [110], [113]-14, [115].
Carpenter (publisher), [28], [31], [36], [40], [45], [46], [61], [64].
Castlereagh, Lord, [45], [62], [94], [110].
Catholicism, [69], [140].
Catholic Emancipation, [67], [148], [159].
Chantrey, [92], [173].
Charlotte, Princess of Wales, [62].
Childe Harold (Byron), [106], [130].
Church of Ireland, [110].
Clarach, Seaghan, [188], [189].
Clare, Lord, [133].
Coleridge, [23], [24], [175], [176].
Corsair, The (Byron), [71], [132].
Corruption and Intolerance, [45].
Corry, Isaac, [48], [70], [115].
Cowper, [24], [89], [175].
Crabbe, [23], [24], [175].
Curran, [14].
——-, Sarah, [14], [15], [185].
D
Dante, [104].
"Dear Harp of my Country" (quotation), [186].
Donegal, Lady, [30], [36], [37], [44], [51], [53], [75], [97], [99], [169] n.
Doyle, Colonel, [118].
"Drink to her who long" (quotation), [182].
Dryden, [110].
Dyke, Miss E., [49], [50], [51].
——-, Miss H., [49].
E
Edgeworth, Miss, [76].
Edinburgh Review, The, [38], [48], [71], [80], [121], [141].
Emancipation, Catholic, [67], [148], [159].
Emmet, Robert, [9]-15, [87], [181], [185].
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (Byron), [127].
Epicurean, The, [79], [95], [122].
Epistles and Odes, [176].
"Erin, the smile and the tear in thine eye," [177].
Evenings in Greece, [122].
Examiner, The, [80].
F
Fables, [106] seq.
"Farewell, but whenever you welcome the hour" (quotation), [180].
"Feast of Roses at Cashmere, The" (quotation), [88].
"Fire Worshippers, The" (quotation), [13], [47], [84], [87].
Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, Life of, [16], [137], [145].
FitzGibbon, Lord Chancellor, [11].
Fitzwilliam, Lord, [9].
Fletcher, [24].
Fragments of College Exercises, [26].
Freeman's Journal, [43].
Fudge Family in Paris, The, [77], [109].
Fudge Family in Italy, The, [94].
Fudges in England, The, [105], [156].
G
George, Prince of Wales, [20], [21], [35], [60], [63], [109], [110].
Giaour, The (Byron), [58].
Gibson, Mr. Andrew, [43], [191].
Godfrey, Miss, [36], [41], [44], [52], [53], [59], [78], [81].
Goethe's Dr. Faustus, [140].
Goldsmith, [23], [188].
Grattan, [110], [136].
Gray, [23], [182].
Grey, Lord, [135], [136].
Griffin, Gerald, [147].
Guiccioli, Countess, [92].
H
Hardwicke, Lord, [32].
"Harp that once, The," [186].
Haydon (painter), [173].
Heath (engraver), [123], [124].
Hobhouse, [117], [118], [119], [120].
Holland, Lord, [116], [162].
Horace, [105].
Horton, Mr. Wilmot, [118].
Hudson, Edward, [16].
Hume, Dr. (Moore's friend), [20], [39], [40].
Hunt, Leigh, [71], [80], [85].
I
Intercepted Letters; or The Twopenny Postbag, [60].
Ireland, History of, [142], [156], [167].
Irish folk-songs, [42], [177].
Irish Melodies (see Melodies).
"Irish Peasant to his Mistress, The," [47].
Irish verse, [179].
Irving, Washington, [153].
J
Jackson (painter), [92].
Jeffrey (Edinburgh Review), [38], [39], [71], [73], [80], [121], [128], [141],
166.
K
Kearney, Dr., [18].
Kinnaird, Douglas, [116].
L
Lalla Rookh, [13], [24], [58], [59], [64], [73], [74], [77], [84], [85], [86], [90], [95],
[104], [115], [122], [131], [180].
Landor, [175].
Lansdowne, Marquis of, [75], [76], [78], [80], [96], [97], [112], [113], [119], [120],
[125], [126], [135], [137], [138], [154], [155], [165], [169] n.
Lecky, Mr., [9].
Leigh, Mrs., [117], [118].
Leinster Journal, The, [48], [49].
Lessing, [25].
"Little, Mr.," [17].
Little, Poetical Works of the late Thomas, [17], [25], [38], [128].
"Little Grand Lama, The," [106].
Lockhart, [127].
Longmans (publishers), [73], [74], [80], [93], [96], [97], [115], [116], [120], [121],
[123], [126], [141], [155], [169].
Loves of the Angels, The, [73], [97], [98]-105, [122].
Lyrical Ballads (Wordsworth), [23].
M
Mackintosh, Sir James, [94], [141].
Mangan, [179].
McNally, Leonard, [87].
Marryat, [146].
Maud (Tennyson), [175].
"Meeting of the Waters, The," [44].
Melbourne, Lord, [154].
Melodies, Irish, [12], [41]-45, [46], [47], [55], [64], [65]-68, [71], [79], [90],
[149], [157], [175], [176], [177], [181], [184], [186], [188], [189].
Melologue upon National Music, [49], [71], [193] n.
Milman, [141].
Milton, [104], [106].
Moira, Lord, [19], [20], [24], [26], [27], [35], [36], [53], [54], [55], [81].
Moore, Thomas,
birth and family history, [2] seq.;
precocious boyhood, [3];
early verses, [4];
schooldays, [3]-9;
Trinity College, [8];
association with Robert Emmet, [7] seq.;
entered at Middle Temple, [16], [18] seq.;
literary activity, [17];
acquaintances in London, [19];
presented to the Prince of Wales, [20];
increasing social success, [22];
publishes Odes of Anacreon, [22];
Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, [25];
Fragments of College Exercises, [26];
connection with Lord Moira, [26] seq.;
goes to Bermuda, [27];
visits America, [32], [35]; widespread fame, [34], [35];
returns to England, [35];
Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems, [36];
attacked by Edinburgh Review, [38];
challenges Jeffrey to a duel, [39];
returns to Dublin, [40];
inception of the Irish Melodies, [41] seq.;
Corruption and Intolerance, [45];
The Sceptic, [46];
writes opera M.P. or The Blue Stocking, [50];
marriage, [61];
retires to the country, [54];
commences Lalla Rookh, [59];
Intercepted Letters, [60];
Sacred Songs, [64];
his reputation at its height, [71], [74];
contributes to the Edinburgh Review, [71];
Lalla Rookh, [74];
retires to Sloperton, [75];
The Fudge Family in Paris, [77];
financial troubles, [77];
birth of a son, [78];
begins the Life of Sheridan, [79];
leaves England to escape imprisonment for debt, [80];
declines offers of assistance from his friends, [80];
life on the Continent, [91] seq.;
visit to Byron, [91];
lionised abroad, [95];
end of his financial embarrassments, [96];
Loves of the Angels, [97];
returns to England, [97];
Odes on Cash, Catholics, and other matters, [105];
The Fudges in England, [105];
Fables for the Holy Alliance, [105];
Rhymes on the Road, [105];
makes a tour through Ireland, [112];
History of Captain Rock and his Ancestors, [113];
difficulties with regard to Byron's Memoirs, [115] seq.;
Life of Sheridan, [120];
contributes to The Times, [121];
death of his father, [124];
story of his quarrel with Byron, [128]-30;
his friendship with Byron, [130]-134;
Life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, [137];
Travels of an Irish Gentleman in search of a Religion, [137];
History of Ireland, [142];
end of his literary career, [142];
visit to Sir Walter Scott, [144];
honoured in Ireland, [145] seq.;
invited to enter Parliament, [146];
receives a pension of £300 a year, [155];
domestic troubles, [157] seq.;
culmination of his sorrows, [167];
illness and death, [168]; general appreciation, [171] seq.
Reputation on the Continent, [1], [95];
popularity, [1], [95], [143] seq., [151]-4;
causes of his popularity, [171] seq.;
his own estimate of his work, [2], [90], [174] seq.;
his wide reading, [17], [72], [73], [79], [141];
literary models, [23];
a careful craftsman, [24];
characteristics of his verse, [25], [26], [104], [105], [180] seq.;
his failures, [26], [46], [50];
licentiousness of his poetry, [38];
methods of composition, [75], [105]-106;
limitations and defects of his poetry, [83] seq., [89], [104], [184],
[187], [189];
essentially an amatory poet, [98];
his satiric verses, [105];
his lyrics, [175];
ease and variety of his rhythms, [175] seq.;
source of his rhythms, [176], [177];
his finest lyrics, [178], [186];
an artist in metre, [179];
comparison with other poets, [181], [182];
supremacy in the writing of lighter lyrics, [182]-183;
uses of rhyme, [184];
his poetry understood by all, [187], [188];
connection with Irish literature, [188];
musical gifts, [5], [22], [171];
politics, 7 seq., [45], [82];
religious views, [8], [61], [62], [69], [72], [114], [137]-140;
devotion to his parents and home, [21], [27], [28], [32], [35], [92], [162];
personal appearance, [22], [29], [147];
charm of manner, [22], [29], [49], [172] seq.;
friendships, [19], [32], [36], [40], [48], [92], [93], [130], [131], [166], [171], [172];
his acting, [48] seq.;
financial affairs, [60], [73], [74], [77], [79], [80], [95],

[96], [120], [121], [122], [123], [125], [126], [146], [165], [169];
independence and high-mindedness, [81], [82], [119]-120,
[123], [125], [131], [135], [136];
love for Ireland, [111], [113]-115, [136], [149];
a ladies' man, [171];
intimacy with persons of title, [172].
Moore, Memoirs of (Lord John Russell), [2], [169].
——-, John (father), [2], [3], [6], [28], [36], [74], [112], [124].
——-, Mrs. (mother), [3], [5], [6], [28], [112], [145], [161].
——-, Katherine (sister), [3], [5], [138].
——-, Ellen (sister), [3], [155], [161], [162], [167], [168].
——-, Mrs. Bessy, née Dyke (wife), [49], [50], [51], [52], [53], [55], [56], [57],
[74], [76], [77], [79], [93], [99], [138], [155], [159], [161], [163], [164], [166], [168],
[169], [170].
Moore, Barbara (daughter), [53], [74], [75].
——-, Olivia (daughter), [55].
——-, Anastasia (daughter), [159].
——-, Thomas (son), [78], [93], [160], [162], [163]-166, [167], [168].
——-, Russell (son), [155], [160], [162], [163], [164], [165].
Morning Chronicle, The, [61], [80], [156].
Morpeth, Lord, [163].
M.P. or The Blue Stocking, [50].
Murray (publisher), [60], [73], [78], [79], [95], [96], [115], [116], [117], [118], [119],
[120], [126], [133], [141].
N
Napier, Sir William, [141].
Napoleon, [66], [67].
National Airs (of Ireland), [122].
O
"O breathe not his name" (quotation), [12], [181].
O'Connell, [69], [70], [145], [147], [149], [150], [177], [179].
Odes on Cash, Catholics, and other matters, [105], [122].
"Oh, Where's the slave so lowly" (quotation), [183].
P
Panizzi, [153].
Paradise and the Peri, [87].
Parr, Dr., [78], [81], [169] n.
Peel, Sir Robert, [161].
Pope, [23].
Postbag, The, [60], [109], [130].
Powers (music publishers), [41], [55], [65], [66], [74], [122], [157], [194] n.,
[195] n.
Praed, [108], [183].
Prior, [183].
Protestantism, [140].
Prout, Father, [25].
R
Raftery, [188], [189].
"Rebellion! foul, dishonouring word" (quotation), [13].
Reform Bill, [136], [148].
Reuben and Rose, [26].
Rhymes on the Road, [94], [105].
Ring, The, [26].
Rock, Captain, History of, [70], [110], [113]-114, [115].
Rogers, Samuel, [46], [50], [52], [58], [59], [60], [74], [80], [86], [120], [130], [146], [165],
[166], [168].
Rokeby (Scott), [73].
Romilly, Sir Samuel, [116].
Ronsard, [25].
Russell, Lord John, [1], [56], [79], [80], [91], [95], [118], [136], [142], [154], [155],
[165], [166], [168], [169], [173], [175].
S
Sacred Songs, [64], [186].
"Sad one of Sion" (quotation), [185].
Sceptic, The, [46], [47].
Scott, [1], [6], [71], [83], [94], [104], [142], [144], [145], [174], [176], [181].
Shakespeare, [181], [188].
Shelley, [175], [176], [181].
"She is far from the land" (quotation), [15].
Sheridan, [3], [71], [78], [109], [137], [189].
Sheridan, Life of, [78], [79], [82], [112], [120], [121], [125], [144].
"Sheridan, Death of" (quotation), [109].
Sloperton, [75]-76.
Smith, Sydney, [110], [173].
Southey, [71].
Staël, Madame de, [59], [116].
Stevenson, Sir John, [31], [32], [41], [42], [55] n., [195] n.
"Sweet was the hour" (quotation), [100].
Swinburne, [175].
T
Tandy, Napper, [7].
Tavistock, Lord, [81].
Tennyson, [89], [175].
"Time I've lost in wooing, The" (quotation), [183].
Times, The, [40], [121], [122], [128], [156].
Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress, [79].
Travels of an Irish Gentleman in search of a Religion, [137],
[139], [140], [141].
Trinity College, Dublin, [8].
Troy, Archbishop, [18].
"'Twas thus by the shade" (quotation), [37].
"'Twas when the world was in its prime" (quotation), [103].
U
Union, Repeal of, [148].
V
Veiled Prophet, The, [96].
W
Wellesley, Lord, [125].
Wellington, Duke of, [66], [67], [136].
"When first I met thee" (quotation), [65], [185].
"When he who adores thee" (quotation), [185].
Whyte, Samuel, [3], [4].
"Woodpecker, The," [37].
Wordsworth, [23], [24], [100], [173], [174], [176], [181].
Y
Yeats, [179].
"Young May moon is beaming, love, The," (quotation), [182].