Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-22
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Th0,slas Moore.

Sllre, Enuiauu on The 2f;fb nh Tbo la,
ter wears Of bis m. were n,c,rtn,s,al,
oversbadowea bv tbe ,I,on ori,,.r.,,,,.}
imbecili,v. The fancy ,ba, !, otbor a.,
charmed every circle .,a a.v;sed ,,,
iraurics ii !. py for The delishr nf , y.,,.r,
non now r,udlv fnllo,i,,,, ,La I,a,d -
another STAGE Of existence. wos strnrk w;,l'
mental paral, sis. o,eurbrd Ana opi,.tc5 a,
ever. The 6e,th IF Nno,e !, IN coo,,.
home painfullv TO mare hearts than ,,,, :,
any other Of lie no,ts H;s v..rs.. b,v.
had more readers. his sono, NOR, l;s,.no,.
his poliIical snrires marc k,,,, annrsc;.,or.
described him a. H.. ..Lnra or IN c;rci...
idol IF his own" The rich and ever yar;;o.
bic melody of Nj, v.rsi6car;,n uill l;,a.r
IN the memories OF tbnu.ands vho Lsyn
long aoo f,,r.o,,,n the sen,;nan, !, y.as;,
tended ia en,brine Ir,doub,,d,,, ~.
Greatest lxric or ,ba nine,e.n,b c,.n,,,,.
he Was Furthermore ana of,b,. mas, ,.L,,,n
ing of soriul co,nna,,i,ps and tbe v.or,nos,
of friends His i,i.ras war. nnrer;c.Il,
enunl with bis admirers ,nJ ,hev coy.re3
rl,e eorrh.
AT vhn, 3..,reo ~, ,1,o sc,1a &c ro,,
ta,;o,, .,,,s,o;,,. III .l.,.r,ad ,,a,
!, il d,lfcul, 70 saw II has becn an;,,.
commo, IN s,a,l &C t,s f,r,. os min
anl,e,p.ral. L,.,J \, ", It'll ,or, ar.nr
6c;ep, rn,.n;trd. ,o ob,.;o b,.,,ii, j, A..
,,ibunals n,'tbe r,,,ra Wi, l;g.,rs,,,
liz Mnnre y,s IN, ,b.Tvr,c.f. n..ha,.
,,f H., LalI 1,,.;.;,, - ..,.:',;
,od de,ou,c.d or ia c,,,,,,r,', ono,o;.,..
be ,yas certainly not M. Rnrrs &c Ir.land
IA IA, of ,ba ao,,,,, ,,o,,,I. M
cxno.;tor Of local c..l;,,, n,,J sy,nno,l;,..
r.. was rather of tbe tribe or CatuIlusa
h,rd of the I,nnd;or tina Jr;sbm,n J,..
NOR recogo;se Inn as a rationnl noe, ~.
SONGS of Camnb,ll. Sco,sman. are su,,,
twire n Ireland where Moore i AZ, he,rI
,nce The bnIland mon,ers ~ Don,y.
hrook do nor recognise the p,ma RI,
Cntullus has lived throuob centuries nm
baon admired FIR fn,. delicncv or .an,;
uept and nerfect finish or rvtIin no,,,;,l,.
.tandino he wns neither national nor local
N,,ra v.tak, II b,s ~ qn,d , ,I,n,c.
=, immortalitv as th, ELEGANT vcr.i6er ol
ttsl nj
rhonubt cxnuisite easr ana finish NJ ~.
preston. abundant and even Glowing fer.
iility of illustration. are superior To my
thing il The literaturc Of the age. The Ii.
ceniious voluptuou>ncss Of allusion and
general coloring will always detract from
Their merit, when measured by moral sran
dards. But perhaps this Was the pom
" here Moore came nearest To contact with
nature; and, al all events. tie fact cannon
affect him ia a literary estimate. As tie
Catullas of Brit.h poetry, he will live.
but this place can never be so near or his
name 50 dear to the popular heart, as IT,,
author Highland Mary or the Marsrle.
II, mn Bcrauger. " hose nativity late,
from Tie same year i, tie realization Of i
uarionol harj, and he will enjoy a more
cordial, though not more sincere. admira-
lion than ,he Irish poet.
Moore MAS born il D itlin, Of respecta
hle parentage. on the 2Sth of May, 1850 -
HIS college education mas completed il
1897. when he graduated at Trinity Col
lege, Dnhln with unusualiy high honors
as Grrcian. Aitrr addicllng himself for
i year or two 70 The study Of the Law, hc
abandoned himself 10 more conecnial pur-
sniis of literature, and IN $500 appeared
ms Translation Of "Anacrcou," perhaps
the most tnthiul OF versions. us far as the
spirit OF the author goes ever made from
he nclent'angnages, but entirely disdaln-
tnl OF literary accuracy. or indeed Of al
approximation to the phraseology Of the
original.
Followed 70 the succeeding year b.
The Poems OF the late / lhomas LIttlc.
Mr. Moore At once took rank as brilliant
N poet and 'ef9'ftr an ePigrhrmniist
rather man song w'''er' ana man hsh,.
y e'i'ed IN me S'nsuons lnd vo'nptnous
phases of character ne poet wHs at