could
I venture to mention them, would lend to the incident an additional
Irish charm,--I received about two years since, through the hands of
a gentleman to whom it had been intrusted, a large portfolio, adorned
inside with a beautiful drawing representing Love, Wit, and Valour,
as described in the song. In the border that surrounds the drawing
are introduced the favourite emblems of Erin, the harp, the shamrock,
the mitred head of St. Patrick, together with scrolls containing
each, inscribed in letters of gold, the name of some favourite melody
of the fair artist.

"This present was accompanied by the following letter from the lady
herself--"

It is unnecessary to quote this letter, but the gentleman alluded to was
Sir Charles O'Donnell, who had brought the parcel from the Continent, and
being about to proceed to Canada, and personally unacquainted with Moore,
requested Mr. Croker to get it safely delivered; who took the present
opportunity of pointing out to Sir Charles this public acknowledgment
that his commission had been executed.

They had not been at luncheon many minutes when Mr. Moore was announced,
and appeared to be no less pleased at meeting Sir Charles O'Donnell, than
the latter was at being introduced to Moore.

A few days afterwards, Mr. Croker received the following note from Mr.
Moore:--

"_November_ 24, 1841.

"DEAR CROKER,

"I was obliged to leave London much sooner than I originally
intended, and thus lost the opportunity of paying you another visit.
. . . My next visit to London will, I hope, be sufficiently free
from other avocations to allow me to devote a good deal of time to
the examination of your various treasures. Pray give my kind
remembrances to Mrs. Croker.--I constantly think of my great good
luck in lighting by chance on so agreeable a dinner-party that day.
The only drawback was, that it spoiled me--both mentally and
physically speaking--for the dinner that followed.

"Yours very truly,
"THOMAS MOORE."

The name of MOORE was subsequently cut by Mr. Croker on the back of a
chair which the poet occupied during this visit. It produced the
following epigram by the Rev. Francis Mahony (Father Prout):--

"This is to tell o' days
When on this Cathedra,
He of the