Believe Me, If All those Endearing Young Charms
by Thomas Moore

Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
             Which I gaze on so fondly today,
Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms,
             Like fairy-gifts fading away,
Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art,
             Let thy loveliness fade as it will,
And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart
             Would entwine itself verdantly still.

It is not while beauty and youth are thine own,
             And thy cheeks unprofaned by a tear
That the fervor and faith of a soul can be known,
             To which time will but make thee more dear;
No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets,
             But as truly loves on to the close,
As the sunflower turns on her god, when he sets,
             The same look which she turned when he rose

At the Mid Hour of Night
by Thomas Moore


At the mid hour of night when stars are weeping, I fly
To the lone vale we loved, when life shone warm in thine eye;
And I think oft, if spirits can steal from the regions of air
To revisit past scenes of delight, thou wilt come to me there
And tell me our love is remembered, even in the sky!

Then I sing the wild song it once was rapture to hear,
When our voices, commingling, breathed like one on the ear;
And as Echo far off through the vale my sad orison rolls,
I think, O my Love!
'tis thy voice, from the Kingdom of Souls
Faintly answering still the notes that once were so dear.

1.	ANALYZE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE To what does the speaker compare his heart? Why does he choose this image?
2.	AUTHOR'S MEANING What is the speaker saying about the nature of true love?
3.	AUTHOR'S MEANING What has happened to the speaker's loved one?
4.	ANALYZE RHETORICAL DEVICES Why does the speaker insert this exclamation here?
5.	AUTHOR'S PURPOSE Why do you think the author wrote this poem?