tachment, always ready-perhaps too ready, to sacrifice her own domestic enjoyments that he might be admired and known, was a treasure of inestimable value to his happiness. I have said that perhaps she was too ready to sacrifice herself, because it would have been better for Mr. Moore if he had not yielded so much to the attractions of society, however dazzling and however tempting. Yet those who imagine that he passed the greater part of his time in London are greatly in error. The London days are minutely recorded; the Sloperton months are past over in a few lines. Except when he went to Bowood, or some other house in the neighbourhood, the words "read and wrote," comprise the events of week after week of literary labour and domestic affection. Those days of intellectual society and patient labour have alike passed away. The breakfasts with Rogers, the dinners at Holland House, the evenings when beautiful women and grave judges listened in rapture to his song, have passed away. The days when a canto of "Childe Harold," the "Excursion " of Wordsworth, the "Curse of Kehama " of Southey, and the "Lalla Rookh" of Moore, burst in rapid succession upon the world, are gone. But the world will not forget that brilliant period; and while poetry has charms for mankind, the "Melodies" of Moore will survive. His last days were peaceful and happy; his domestic sorrows, his literary triumphs, seem to have faded away alike into a calm repose. He retained to his last moments a pious submission to God*, and a grateful sense of the kindness of her whose tender office it was to watch over his decline. Those who have enjoyed the brilliancy of his wit, and heard the enchantments of his song, will never forget the charms of his society. The world, so long as it can be moved by sympathy, and exalted by fancy, will not willingly let die the tender strains, and the patriotic fires, of a true poet. April, 1856. J. R. * Mrs. Moore, as I have before mentioned, has recorded in her memory his earnest exhortation:-"Lean upon God, Bessy; lean upon God." INDEX. A. Abbot, Mr., ii. 154; iii. 288; iv. 5, 6. 10. Abercrombies, the, iv. 142. 268. 294; vi. 87. -, Mrs., iv. 30; vii. 68. Aberdeen, Earl of, ii. 120; iv. 53. 137. 139, "A Bishop and a bold Dragoon," iv. 282, "Abraham and Agar," by Guercino, iii. 20. 66. "Achin Foane," vi. 227. Ackroyd, i. 359. 365. "Acme and Septimius," viii. 121. A'Court, Captain, v. 235. , Mr., iv. 25. , Mrs., iv. 25. 251. Acquapendente, iii. 46. "Acta Eruditorum," ii. 169. Acting, not an intellectual art, vi. 311. Actors of melancholy, vi. 11. House, ii. 202; renowned for his conver- "Address to a Swan's Quill," vii. 162. -, Madame, vii. 328. Adelphi Theatre, iii. 293; iv. 327; vi. 147. Admiralty, the, ii. 27; vii. 230. 377. Adolphus, his "History of George the "A Dream of Turtle, by Sir W. Curtis," Adrian, iii. 70; colossal head of, iii, 55. Advertisement, for a King of France, iv. "Advice to Julia," iii. 299. Advocates of religious liberty, vi. 46. Egina marbles, the, iii. 74. "Eneid," ii. 246. 254. Eschylus, "Prometheus," ii. 290. Affleck, Lady, ií. 231; iv. 315. Sir Robert, iv. 302. iii. Agemia," ii. 197, 198. Adair, Sir Robert, ii. 298. 303. 305. 313; Adam, Right Hon. W., iv. 74. 288, 289. 314. Addington, Mr., reports of his being offered Addison, Joseph, composing at Holland Agnese, St., church of, iii. 73. "Agnus Dei," ii. 171. 178. Aguada, Madame, vi. 329. Aidus, Bishop, vii. 369. Aikin, Lucy, iv. 37; vi. 33. Mr., jeu d'esprit upon, ii. 209. "Aileen a Roon," v. 37. Ainsworth, v. 174; vii. 244. Airoldi, M., iii. 183. "A Journey to the Moon," iv. 131. Alava, General, v. 84; vii. 242. Albano, iii. 20. 62. 67; "The Ratto di Pro- Countess of, iii. 36. 39. 78. 66 Albe," iv. 121. Albemarle, Countess of, iv. 214. Earl of, iii. 7. 282; vi. 161. 191. Albergo di Londra, iii. 47. di Parigi, iii. 47. Albert, Charles, iv. 41. note. |