Thomas Moore: Quotes about the sea

“Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea!
Jehovah has triumphed—his people are free.”

Thomas Moore

Sacred Songs, Sound the Loud Timbrel, st. 1.

People , Sea

“Farewell, farewell to thee, Araby's daughter!
Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea.”

Thomas Moore

Lalla Rookh http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/lallarookh/index.html (1817), Part V-VIII: The Fire-Worshippers

Daughters , Sea

“This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas,
The past, the future,—two eternities!”

Thomas Moore

Part II.
Lalla Rookh http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/lallarookh/index.html (1817), Part I-III: The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan

Past , Future , Sea

“As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean
Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see,
So deep in my soul the still prayer of devotion,
Unheard by the world, rises silent to Thee.

As still to the star of its worship, though clouded,
The needle points faithfully o'er the dim sea,
So dark when I roam in this wintry world shrouded,
The hope of my spirit turns trembling to Thee.”

Thomas Moore

The Heart's Prayer.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

World , Hope , Soul , Star

“T is believ'd that this harp which I wake now for thee
Was a siren of old who sung under the sea.”

Thomas Moore

The Origin of the Harp.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Sea

“Alas! how light a cause may move
Dissension between hearts that love!
Hearts that the world in vain had tried,
And sorrow but more closely tied;
That stood the storm when waves were rough,
Yet in a sunny hour fall off,
Like ships that have gone down at sea
When heaven was all tranquillity.”

Thomas Moore

Lalla Rookh http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/lallarookh/index.html (1817), Part IX: The Light of the Harem

Love , World , Light , Heart

“Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye,
But turn to ashes on the lips.”

Thomas Moore

Lalla Rookh http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/lallarookh/index.html (1817), Part V-VIII: The Fire-Worshippers

Sea , Dead

“Who has not felt how sadly sweet
The dream of home, the dream of home,
Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet,
When far o'er sea or land we roam?”

Thomas Moore

The Dream of Home.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Dreams , Home , Heart , Sea

“When twilight dews are falling soft
Upon the rosy sea, love,
I watch the star whose beam so oft
Has lighted me to thee, love.”

Thomas Moore

When Twilight Dews.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Love , Star , Light , Sea

“Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free,
First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea.”

Thomas Moore

Remember Thee.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Flowers , Sea