An eternal question about children is, how should we educate them? Politicians and educators consider more school days in a year, more science and math, the use of computers and other technology in the classroom, more exams and tests, more certification for teachers, and less money for art. All of these responses come from the place where we want to make the child into the best adult possible, not in the ancient Greek sense of virtuous and wise, but in the sense of one who is an efficient part of the machinery of society. But on all these counts, soul is neglected.

A Poem with Songs (December 1831)
Irish Antiquities (The Times 5 March 1832)
From the Hon. (The Metropolitan Magazine August 1832)
Verses to the Poet Crabbe's Inkstand (The Metropolitan Magazine August 1832)
Tory Pledges (The Times 30 August 1832)
Song to the Departing Spirit of Tithe (The Metropolitan Magazine September 1832)
The Duke is the Lad (The Times 2 October 1832)
St. They met at Chalk Farm but the duel was interrupted by the arrival of the authorities and they were arrested.

In his lifetime he was often referred to as Anacreon Moore. He was responsible with John Murray for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death. Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish poet singer songwriter and entertainer now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer.