“Man for his glory
To ancestry flies;
But Woman's bright story
Is told in her eyes.”

—  Thomas Moore

Desmond's Song, st. 4
Irish Melodies http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/moore.html (1807–1834)

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Irish poet, singer and songwriter 1779–1852

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