... Melodies MARY ANNE GALLAGHER Thomas Moore, lyricist, preserves Gaelic song traditions in English verse ...
... . When Thomas Moore, about 140 years ago, decided to write a series of English poems to traditional Irish ...
... and loved by p-eople all over the world. When the "Melodies" first appeared, Moore's English public ...
... English verse. Vivid patriotism informs the "Melodies"; these rise, in fact, to the height of Irish ...
... found Moore a fertile influence. The second generation of English Romanticists, particularly Byron and ...