Thomas Moore

Born: May 28, 1779, Dublin, Ireland.

Died: February 26, 1852, Sloperton Cottage, Bromham (near Devizes), Wiltshire, England.

Buried: Bromham, Wiltshire, England.

    Son of John Moore, a small Dublin tradesman, Thomas was educated at a private school and at Trinity College in Dublin. He read at Middle Temple for the bar, and held a post with the Bermuda government for a short time. He was a well known poet and Irish nationalist. His works include:

• Sacred Songs, 1816 (republished in 1866)
• Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence, published posthumously by Lord John Russell in 1855

Hymns

1. As Down the Sunless Retreats of the Ocean
2. Bird Let Loose in Eastern Skies, The
3. But Who Shall See the Glorious Day
4. Come, Ye Disconsolate
5. Fallen Is Thy Throne, O Israel
6. Hark! The Vesper Hymn is Stealing
7. Like Morning When Her Ear­ly Breeze
8. O Thou Who Driest the Mourner’s Tear
9. Since First Thy Word Awaked My Heart
10. Sound the Loud Timbrel o’er Egypt’s Dark Sea
11. Thou Art, O God, the Life and Light
12. Turf Shall Be my Fragrant Shrine, The
13. Were Not the Sinful Mary’s Tears?