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Poem by Thomas Moore


From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 10


How am I to punish thee,
For the wrong thou’st done to me,
Silly swallow, prating thing —
Shall I clip that wheeling wing,
Or, as Tereus did, of old,
(So the fabled tale is told,)
Shall I tear that tongue away,
Tongue that utter’d such a lay?
Ah, how thoughtless hast thou been!
Long before the dawn was seen,
When a dream came o’er my mind,
Picturing her I worship, kind,
Just when I was nearly blest,
Loud thy matins broke my rest!



Thomas Moore


Thomas Moore's other poems:
  1. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 17
  2. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 54
  3. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 46
  4. From “Irish Melodies”. 26. Erin, Oh Erin
  5. From “Irish Melodies”. 85. Oh For the Swords of Former Time


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