Cloris! if I were Persia's king,
I'd make my graceful queen of thee;
While FANNY, wild and artless thing,
Should but thy humble handmaid be.

There is but one objection in it--
That, verily, I'm much afraid
I should, in some unlucky minute,
Forsake the mistress for the maid.

(C) Thomas Moore
03/10/2020


Best Poems of Thomas Moore

• Fly Not Yet
• Spring And Autumn.
• Her Last Words, At Parting.
• The Fudges In England. Letter Vii. From Miss Fanny Fudge, To Her Cousin, Miss Kitty ----.
• All In A Family Way
• Quick! We Have But A Second
• Oh, Come To Me When Daylight Sets. (venetian Air.)
• I Saw From The Beach
• Awful Event.
• The Fudge Family In Paris Letter Xi. From Phelim Connor To ----.
• Did Not
• Oh! Breathe Not His Name
• Go Where Glory Waits Thee
• Oh, Ye Dead!
• War Song
• Sail On, Sail On