; ▁hom el ands ; ▁loyal ty , ▁royal ty ▁and ▁the ▁flag ; ▁imperial ▁wars ▁and ▁war riors ; ▁sport ing ▁life ; ▁social ▁comment ary ; ▁By town ▁to ▁Ott awa ; ▁col ony ▁to ▁nation ; ▁bere av ement , ▁gr ieving ▁and ▁sol ace ; ▁ref lections ; ▁and ▁po ets , ▁poetry ▁and ▁song sters . ▁They ▁are ▁full ▁of ▁the ▁religious ▁and ▁political ▁fire - and - br im stone ▁r het or ic ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁One ▁hundred ▁and ▁two ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁newsp apers ▁or ▁presented ▁to ▁an ▁audience . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁newspaper ▁publication ▁and ▁invited ▁addresses ▁to ▁associations ▁and ▁society ▁events , ▁L ett ▁orch estr ated ▁public ▁rec it als ▁of ▁traditional ▁poetry , ▁his ▁favour ite ▁po ets ▁and ▁his ▁own ▁works . ▁▁▁ ▁In ▁his ▁ 1 8 7 8 ▁" Address ▁to ▁the ▁Ann ual ▁Entertainment ▁of ▁the ▁St . ▁Patrick ' s ▁Liter ary ▁Association ", ▁he ▁sal uted ▁the ▁" gen ius ▁and ▁imm ort ality " ▁of ▁a ▁long ▁list ▁of ▁" states men , ▁s ages , ▁war riors , ▁philosoph ers , ▁or ators ▁and ▁po ets " ▁who ▁had ▁influenced ▁his ▁writing . ▁His ▁greatest ▁influ ences ▁were ▁Burn s , ▁Walter ▁Scott , ▁By ron , ▁Victor ▁Hugo ▁" that ▁Mos es ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁g ospel ▁of ▁Fre edom , ▁Human ity ▁and ▁Rom ance " ▁and ▁his ▁favour ite , ▁the ▁Irish ▁b ard ▁Thomas ▁Moore ▁. ▁