Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARRANMORE, by THOMAS MOORE Poet's Biography First Line: O arranmore, loved arranmore Last Line: As sunny and as vain! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Arranmore (island), Ireland | ||||||||
O ARRANMORE, loved Arranmore, How oft I dream of thee, And of those days when by thy shore I wandered young and free! Full many a path I've tried since then, Through pleasure's flowery maze, But ne'er could find the bliss again I felt in those sweet days. How blithe upon the breezy cliffs At sunny morn I've stood, With heart as bounding as the skiffs That danced along the flood! Or when the western wave grew bright With daylight's parting wing, Have sought that Eden in its light Which dreaming poets sing, -- That Eden where the immortal brave Dwell in a land serene, Whose bowers beyond the shining wave, At sunset, oft are seen; Ah, dream, too full of saddening truth! Those mansions o'er the main Are like the hopes I built in youth, -- As sunny and as vain! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A TEMPLE TO FRIENDSHIP by THOMAS MOORE AFTER THE BATTLE (OF AUGHRIM) by THOMAS MOORE BLACK AND BLUE EYES by THOMAS MOORE ECHO [OR, ECHOES] by THOMAS MOORE LALLA ROOKH: PARADISE AND THE PERI by THOMAS MOORE LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM by THOMAS MOORE O, BREATHE NOT HIS NAME! by THOMAS MOORE OH! BLAME NOT THE BARD by THOMAS MOORE PRO PATRIA MORI by THOMAS MOORE |
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