The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-28
THE MOORE Centenary.

all nOnOf ana all love. NOT VIII tnpsc
feelings be confined to TINT race whose
ancient eorics and moro recent sorrows in
spred his musical breath. No child Of song
has boon more uniformly fortunate, moro uni
vcrsay beloved. Wherever the English Ian
guagc has penetrated. the winged words OF his
musical and magical minstrcsy have waited
his namc aud endearcd his country and its pco-
pie. Byron's phrase concerning him" The
poet of all circles and idol Of his own"-has be-
como rs familiar as n household word. Few
men have enjoyed through life such splendid
range of intercourse with all that is exalted In
social refinement. intellect. rank wit. or beauty.
and there have been few whose acquaintance
has been more honorcd for its worth or moro
priced for its charm.
Moore was born in Dublin. His father had
come up from Kerry. whero his siros had
dwclt for centuries. and started small store ut
Johnson court. Subsequently he removed to n
moro prctentious ono. Mt ~ Aungier street.
where he dispensed groceries and eayety to the
poorer classes around. John Moore was gay
and thrifty. and Of the then prescribed Roman
Catholic faith and by his mother. Miss Gold
OF Wexford. our poet was brought mp in the
strict tcnets Of that religion. which ho nom-
nally proiessed through life. and even cloqucntly
defended with his pen. though he permitted all
Pedestrians. possibly in tenderness to their
mother. Frequently Moore attended the scr-
vices Of the Protestant Church. and ut his own
request he was buried in one Of its pretty coun-
try churchyards. still it il truthiully said that
Moore. when In London. attended regularly on
Sundays the Catholic chapel in Wardour street.
and that there was no Roman Catholic chapel
within sixty miles Of his country home. In
faith he may DO said to have been n nominal
Roman Catholic but really Christian unit
tnchcd. He never abiurcd his religion in pri-
vate or public.
By his moihcr-to whom through all the gaycty
and glitter Of his life he was tendcrly devoted.
writing to her. ns didhis great countryman. Cam
ming. 10 his mother with regularity twico every
wcck-hc was compelled 10y firm yet Affection
ate authority 10 acquire such an amount OF
learning rs would quality him TO make his way
in some one OF the walks OF educated labor. He
received the rudmenis Of his English educa-
tion from renowned pedngogue. sam Whyte.
who had whipped learning likewise into Rich
ard Brusey Sheridnn-whom. by the way he
pronounced "nn incorrgible dunce1wns
taught italian hy friar Father Ennis. French
low an cmgrc. La Fosse and music by Mr.
Warren. nephew to the celebrated u X. L."
Bishop Doyle Of Carlow. Through his early
were then In the ascendant. neither the national
university nor the bar was open 10 the great
body % the Irish people; but when in 1893. I'M
der the pressure Of the English Minister. Pitt
the relief act removing these disabilities was
passed 10y tho Irish Parliament. Moore was
among the first 10 avail himself Of the opening
and entered Trinity College under the tutorship
~ the Rev. Robert Burrows nftrrward Dean "
Cork, the author ~ the wrll-known comic song
" The Night Before Larry was Stretched"
1t is not easy 10 determine when he first tried
his youthful wing in verse. He says himself
that ho cannot remember when he was not n
scribbler. In his thirteenth year he WAS a con-
tributor TO n magazine; in his fourteenth year
he addressed a sonnet 20 his schoomaster.
and some three years before he had distin-
guishel himself in another branch OF art by
writing pieces and performing in amateur
thcntricas.
While O, college no formed n warm friendship
FOR Emmett and Edward Hudson. who escaped
20 this country in Is. lie was the constant COM
panion OF Emmett in his walks. II WINS this
compnnionshlp which subjected him to an ex-
animation before tho formidable Chancellor
Fizgibhon on suspicion Of being implicated in
tho uprising u gS. Tho delicate cnrn Of En-
nett against the Implication 81 any of his friends
carried him safely through the ordeal. In which
no disrlnved s,lf-noss.ssior and raro ndniitv IA
btsnss,ciotos
Al tho AGE Of 10 Moore Quilted ireland ,or the
first time and set ont FOR Iondon with tho two
not worry congeninl objects Of Keeping his terms
for the bar Rtthe Middle Temple. ana publish
Ing by subscription Il translation which he had
made 81 Anarreon. This translation appeared
in 1900 and through the influence of Lord
Mlira. who Immediately on Introduction be-
... Al , ,-.. 1890 -. e,
came moore lIl'uN, WIS EIhelouaY permitted
10 los dedicated 20 George ". then Prince Of
"a t
lamuooped. Through Lord NIoirn's influence
also Mora nrocurrI a sineoura situation in
bermuda as REGISTER ~ tha 4 lp,iroltv Court
In 1904 ra,urnipr from bermuda Moore
visited This country rouainine, f,r some v,nep
in Nav YORK. and visiting Rinhmond philodl-
rbia his fnvorita ~ American citiosl baltimore
Washington canada B,s,on ami uali,,v In
tho 90 p,.r,s nainting IN A,ncricn "nuhllshad in
1sof and in bis letters n his mother md othors
I'm Lara J,hn Russor,s " N.moir Journa,s orl
Corresuon1enon nf Thomas Nnore uublishcd
In 1o59 anraors a sorlos ~ ,.ar, co,rs, and cv-
c.,dint,l, ,,,pt ossoul,s an mo institutions -
This country and the character M bcr looIing
men. Ol American women he formed II hi,hnr
and pentlar c-tiu,nto. Tint which Inc vrnte If