Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-07-22

Ia copying the following poetry from the pen Of
Mr.. Thomas Moore, we must be allowed TO say
that although he has been by the too fas,ldious de-
nounccd as writer of lascivious lyrics, he i,
questonaby among the best poets the world has
aHor lei.
Mr.. Moore has experienced somewhat eventful
life, and as we suppose readers will be graft
fed by perusng sketch Of it, we copy the follow
Ing from the European Magazine, which will dis
cover to the reader something of the fortune and
character Of the noblest bard of the Emerald Isle
"Whether estimated by the number or the beauty
OF his compositions, the subject of these few memo
randa, has pre-eminent claim to take the highest
rank among the Lyric Poets of Great Britain; nor
will the proudest honors Of Minstrelsy he deemed
ms-appropriated, when garanding the brows of
"Erin's Child of Song"
Thomas Moore, Esq. so justly designated the
representative Of Irish Poetry" is the son Of Mr..
Garrett Moore, formerly respectable merchant of
Dublin. where he was born, May 28h I7aO.-
The earlier portion of his education was received
under Mr.. Samuel Whyte, who had also been the
early tutor ofthe celebrated Brinsley Sheridan in
l794, however, mis- studies were removed to Trni-
ty College. Dublin, and he subsequently, crossed
the Channel. and ente-ed.as q student of Law in
the Middle Temple, in November 1899. In the
spring of 1900 Mr.. Moore first appeared before the
public author, in translation of Anacteon,
which was succeeded by some Anonymous Poems
in the following year. In 1903, he embarked for
Bermuda, where he was appointed Registrar to the
Admiralty, the duties Of which Office being consgn-
ed to Deputy, he departed for America whence
he again returned to England in 1904 and shortly
afterwards published his remarks on .4merica,
Society and Manners. His more recent and more
popular productions have been the Irish and Ma
tonal Melodies, and Lalla Rookh, each Of which is
sufficient 20 confirm most favorable opinion of
his talents. OF his new Poem, entitled Loves of
the .4ngels, we shall have early occasion to speak,
We hope favorably, at length; though oftoo many
Of his former anonymous compositions, however
brilliant in wit and mellffluous in poetry, we re
gret that our censure can only be Superseded by
silence; which, when Mr.. Moore is the author is a
species of criticism doubly painful His last pro-
duction, the Life Of The Honourable r. B. Sheri-
dan, for critical acumen, and correct views of the
political, moral and poetica character ofhs author
has not been Notwithstanding The sneers
which jealous, euvous and inferior contemporaries,
have been pleased to confer upon it.
Owing to the defalcation of his deputy in Ber-
muda, Mr.. Moore was incarcerated in the Fleet
Prison. The amount deficient was about ,f6OOO
sterling, Of which Mr.. Moore had never touched
farthing.
Nothing could more folly pfove the independent
and disinteresed character Of Mr.. Moore. than his
conduct with regard to the Life of Lord Byron, the
manuscript of which had been presented to his son
by his Lordship. But as that was supposed to have
contained severe reflections upon several of his
Lordships relations, as well as upon Lady Byron,
the relations opposed its publication, and Mr..
Moore, without one sordid feeling Of regret, allow
ed it TO be destroyed. We suspect it contained
too much truth.
As a sequel to this brief notice of the Bard of
Erin, we add the following from the Percy Anec-
dotes Of conviviality
The name Of Anscreon Moore, by which the gen.
usman 10 whom these Anecdotes are Inscribed, il.
distinguished, is not 90 much bis due from the mere
circumstsnce OF his having translated the odes Of
the Tean bard, ss from the social qualities which
ne i. known to possess, and the convivsl spirit of
bis muse. Mr.. Moore seems 10 be Of opinion, that
"f with water you Gil up your glasses,
You'll never write anything wise;
For wine is the horse Of Parnassus,
Which hurries sbsrd 70 the skies"