Brewer's: Moore

(Thomas), called “Anacreon Moore,” because the character of his poetry resembles that of Anacreon, the Greek poet of love and wine. He also translated Anacreon's Odes. (1779-1852.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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