To the Fire-Fly
The morning, when the earth and sky
Are glowing with the light of spring,
We see thee not, thou humble fly!
Nor think upon thy gleaming wing.
But when the skies have lost their hue,
And sunny lights no longer play,
Then we see and bless thee too
For sparkling o’er the dreary way.
Thus let me hope, when lost to me
The lights that now my life illume,
Some milder joys may come, like thee,
To cheer, if not to warm, the gloom.
by Thomas Moore: “The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore: Complete in One Volume” (1853)
Thomas Moore was born on 28 May 1779 in Dublin, Ireland. He was married to Elizabeth ‘Bessy’ Dyke in 1811. He became a novelist, a biographer, a poet, a songwriter, a singer, and an entertainer. Thomas Moore passed on at 72 years of age on 25 February 1852 in Bromham, Wiltshire, England.
Image shown: Firefly, also known as a lightning bug, a bioluminescent beetle.
The morning, when the earth and sky
Are glowing with the light of spring,
We see thee not, thou humble fly!
Nor think upon thy gleaming wing.
But when the skies have lost their hue,
And sunny lights no longer play,
Then we see and bless thee too
For sparkling o’er the dreary way.
Thus let me hope, when lost to me
The lights that now my life illume,
Some milder joys may come, like thee,
To cheer, if not to warm, the gloom.
by Thomas Moore: “The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore: Complete in One Volume” (1853)
Thomas Moore was born on 28 May 1779 in Dublin, Ireland. He was married to Elizabeth ‘Bessy’ Dyke in 1811. He became a novelist, a biographer, a poet, a songwriter, a singer, and an entertainer. Thomas Moore passed on at 72 years of age on 25 February 1852 in Bromham, Wiltshire, England.
Image shown: Firefly, also known as a lightning bug, a bioluminescent beetle.
