A Poem in the Public Domain
By Thomas Moore*
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The love that seeks a home
Where wealth or grandeur shines,
Is like the gloomy gnome,
That dwells in dark gold mines.
Bo oh! The poet’s love
Can boast a brighter sphere;
Its native home’s above,
Tho’ woman keeps it here.
Then drink to her, who long
Hath waked the poet’s sign,
The girl, who gave to song
What gold could never buy.
*Thomas Moore was an Irish writer, poet and lyricist celebrated for his Irish Melodies. Their setting of English-language verse to old Irish tunes marked the transition in popular Irish culture from Irish to English.