Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852), was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist who was widely regarded in the late Georgian era as Ireland's "national bard". The acclaim rested primarily on the popularity of his Irish Melodies (with the first of ten volumes appearing in 1808). In...
To the soul, there is hardly anything more healing than friendship.
The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.
Sweet is made sweeter after we eat something bitter.
The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.
Having this, and losing it, made it even sweeter the second time around.
—R.K. Lilley in Lovely Trigger