Famed Irish poet and songwriter (1779–1852) best known for such verses as ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ and ‘Believe Me If All These Endearing Young Charms.’ AQS, signed “Thomas Moore, Sloperton Cottage, 1826,” on an off-white 6 x 7.5 sheet. Titled “Lines by my friend Mr. Rogers,” Moore writes out Samuel Rogers 10-line poem ‘To The Butterfly.’ In full:
“Child of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight,
Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light;
And, where the flowers of paradise unfold,
Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold.
There shall thy wings, rich as an evening-sky,
Expand and shut with silent ecstasy!
--Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept
On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb and slept!
And such is man; soon from his cell of clay
To burst a seraph in the blaze of day!”
Page is also decorated with a watercolor depiction of a moth. Page is affixed to a 12 x 9 off-white board, along with a clipped book photo. In very good condition, with light overall block of toning from previous display, as well as scattered toning and soiling, mainly from adhesive on reverse. RRAuction COA.
