Lot 522: Autograph - Thomas Moore

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 creptOn the bare earth, then wrought a tomb and slept!And such is man; soon from his cell of clayTo 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.