black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.

Thomas Moore

While mantling on the maiden’s cheek Young roses kindled into thought.
THOMAS MOORE

Rose Thinking Young
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
THOMAS MOORE

Anguish Hard Time Healing Heart Heaven Inspirational Wound
Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
THOMAS MOORE

Humiliate Slave
Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity.
THOMAS MOORE

Heaven Sea Tranquility
A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.
THOMAS MOORE

Pretty Retirement Wife
From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.
THOMAS MOORE

Delicious Light Plant Roam Sun Wake Up
Though an angel should write, still ’tis devils must print.
THOMAS MOORE

Angel Devil Print Writing
And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o’er silent seas again.
THOMAS MOORE

Ourselves Pain Sea Silence
A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.
THOMAS MOORE

Friendship Love Steady Warm
Oh! blame not the bard.
THOMAS MOORE

Blame One Liner
No, there’s nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dream.
THOMAS MOORE

Dreams Life Young
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
THOMAS MOORE

Discover Emotion Flame Illusion Leadership Love Marriage Ourselves Truth
Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot.
THOMAS MOORE

Heaven Humility Shoot Virtue
This wretched brain gave way, and I became a wreck at random driven, without one glimpse of reason or heaven.
THOMAS MOORE

Brain Drive Heaven Myself Reason
The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.
THOMAS MOORE

Close Forget Heart Love True
Disguise our bondage as we will, ‘Tis woman, woman, rules us still.
THOMAS MOORE

Bondage Ourselves Rule Woman

A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Thomas Moore Quotes