Born: May 28, 1779, Dub­lin, Ire­land.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 26, 1852, Slo­per­ton Cot­tage, Brom­ham (near De­vizes), Wilt­shire, Eng­land.

Buried: Brom­ham, Wilt­shire, Eng­land.

Son of John Moore, a small Dub­lin trades­man, Thomas was ed­u­cat­ed at a pri­vate school and at Trin­i­ty Coll­ege in Dub­lin. He read at Mid­dle Tem­ple for the bar, and held a post with the Ber­mu­da gov­ern­ment for a short time. He was a well known po­et and Ir­ish na­tion­al­ist. His works in­clude:

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Hymns

  1. As Down the Sunless Retreats of the Ocean
  2. Bird Let Loose in Eastern Skies, The
  3. But Who Shall See the Glorious Day
  4. Come, Ye Dis­con­so­late
  5. Fallen Is Thy Throne, O Is­rael
  6. Hark! The Ves­per Hymn Is Steal­ing
  7. Like Morn­ing When Her Ear­ly Breeze
  8. O Thou Who Driest the Mourn­er’s Tear
  9. Since First Thy Word Awaked My Heart
  10. Sound the Loud Timbrel o’er Egypt’s Dark Sea
  11. Thou Art, O God, the Life and Light
  12. Turf Shall Be my Frag­rant Shrine, The
  13. Were Not the Sin­ful Ma­ry’s Tears?