Thomas Moore 'I Saw From The Beach'

I Saw From The Beach
by Thomas Moore
read by Dervla Kirwan

Thomas Moore (May 28, 1779 -- February 25, 1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and the The Last Rose of Summer.


I saw from the beach, when the morning was shining,
A bark o'er the waters move gloriously on;
I came when the sun o'er that beach was declining --
The bark was still there, but the waters were gone!

And such is the fate of life's early promise,
So passing the spring-tide of joy we have known:
Each wave that we danc'd on at morning, ebbs from us,
And leaves us, at eve, on the bleak shore alone!

Ne'er tell me of glories serenely adorning
The close of our day, the calm eve of our night;
Give me back, give me back the wild freshness of Morning,
Her clouds and her tears are worth Evening's best light.

Oh, who would not welcome that moment's returning,
When passion first wak'd a new life through his frame;
And his soul, like the wood that grows precious in burning,
Gave out all its sweets to love's exquisite flame!

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[Samanthasboy1]

Was there any purpose to this video whatseoever. you have managed to waste a piece of the near infintie amount of cyberpace on crap no one cares about. no one. not even thomas more, cause he was probably blown away by that chronic from the arabias when he wrote that. you wasted my life, i'm done with you.

[JustAudio2008]

This comment was placed by a 19 year old who has no videos,no creativity and no culture.

All they do is spread gloom and leave bad comments.

[richardhanna0]

Intelligent and nicely metered reading. Would like to here you cover. Tom's masterpiece "At The Midhour of Night".

[GenLovesBroadway]

That was a lovely surprise; Thomas Moore is wonderful in any form, but when read by Dervla Kirwan, even better! Thank you.

[radimsirl]

Thank you .

[meggiblu]

This is a favorite of Thomas Moore and you chose a lovely picture to go with it; perfect. Thank you very much!

[doublez456]

every video i click on realting to that "summer video" you are on. Say yes to my frend request is yo cousin ZZ