All Moore Poems

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The Poetry of Clement Moore (1779-1863)
POEM	DATE	FIRST LINE	LINES	NOTES
Loose Poems
Old Santeclaus	1821	Old SANTECLAUS with much delight	32	Anonymous; attributed by Foster
From St. Nicholas	1822	What! My sweet little Sis, in bed all alone;	23	A Christmas anapaest
Valentine for Fanny	1852	Now let us hope, my Fanny dear,	24	Valentine
To Little Clem		While older people send their loves	16	Valentine
"Poems" 1844
Saratoga		It was the opening spring-time of the year,	499	After death of wife, 1830; bef marriage of daughter, 1835
Portrait		The semblance of your parent's time-worn face	48
Fashionable Countrywomen		Who in the stream of fashion thoughtless glide;	75
Mischievous Muse		Bright God of harmony, whose voice	83
After a Snow-storm		Come children dear, and look around;	32
Natural Philosophy		The beasts who roam o'er Libya's desert plain	75
My Name in the Sand		This name here drawn by Flora's hand	8
Cowper the Poet		Sweet melancholy Bard! whose piercing thought	36
To Petrosa		Thy charms, Petrosa, which inspire	32
A Song		Sweet Maid, could wealth or power	23
Old Dobbin		Oh Muse! I feel my genius rise	28	example of poem style already being ridiculed
Invitation to a Ball		Full well I know what direful wrath impends,	70	Before marriage, 1813
Fragment Fair		My merry friend, your balls are wound;	54
To a Lady		THY dimpled girls and rosy boys	90
A Visit from St. Nicholas	1822	'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house	56	Source of Moore's attribution
Flowers to a Friend	1842	There is a language giv'n to flowers,	72
Yellow Fever	1805	Dread pestilence hath now fled far away;	151
Nymphs of Mt Harmony		An idle swain late chanc'd to roam	96	Not clear if that date of poem
Birthday		To hail thy natal day, fair maid,	32	Not clear if that date of poem
Paganini		Accept, dear Doctor, my unfeigned thanks	28
Organist		The troubles of an Organist I sing;	84
The Pig and the Rooster		On a warm sunny day, in the midst of July	86
Valentine Day		Now when the breath of coming Spring	52
Wine Drinker		I'll drink my glass of generous wine;	172
Water Drinker		Away with all your wine-fill'd casks!	181
Gloves		Go envied glove, with anxious care,	24
The Farewell		My ear still vibrates with thy sweet command;	42
Cholera	1832	Ye sacred Sisters; not for you, this strain:	80	Not clear if that's date of poem
Marriage	1836	Ye sacred Sisters; not for you, this strain:	72	Margaret's marriage to John Ogden
To Southey		Southey, I love the magic of thy lyre,	96
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Charles Elphinstone	1851	I sing the strife maintain'd, by minist'ring powers	1806	15 Oct 1851
Valentine	1843	All Nature, bound in icy chain,	48
Irish Valentine	1844	The top of the morn to ye! this blessed day,	68	example of "Cant Phrases"
West-Point	1844	Fair maid, I'd quarrel with my Muse,	72	5 Oct 1844
Caroline's Album	1845	Sweet maiden, could I on this page impress	24	12 Jul 1845
Catharine's Album	1843	Dear Kate, these bright but short-lived flowers,	24	Feb 1843
For a Kiss	1846	Thousand thanks, my sweet girl, for the kiss that you sent!	20
Theresa's Flower	1846	While lib'ral wealth, from door to door,	24	25 Dec 1846
Jeanette's New Year	1848	You ask me, gentle maiden, once again	60	27 Dec 1848
Eliza in England	1849	Old Chelsea once again looks gay	40	19 May 1849; best Moore poem; for his granddaughter
Margaret	1851	While at fair Margaret's placid brows	24
For a Basket of Flowers	1851	A thousand thanks, my young and lovely friend,	32	15 Jul 1851
The Beach at Newport	1852	'Twas an autumnal morn, celestial bright;	40
Petrarch's Sonnet		Soon as my Laura reach'd the realms above,	14