"On Music" - Autograph Poetry and Three Letters Laid into "The Loves of the Angels."

The Loves of the Angels, a Poem. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. 4to. Original boards, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Custom morocco pull off case by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. WITH: 2 Autograph Letters Signed, including one concerning his poetry, and 1 Autograph Note laid in. AND WITH: Autograph Poem Signed mounted opposite half-title. Provenance: Bernardine Murphy (bookplate).

The poem being from the final stanza of Moore's "On Music":

Music! oh how faint, how weak,
Language fades before thy spell!
Why should Feeling ever speak,
When thou canst breathe her soul so well?

An interesting grouping from the famed Irish poet and songwriter best known for such verses as ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ and ‘Believe Me If All These Endearing Young Charms.’ (9684)

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