Charles Jefferys
Appearance
Charles Jefferys (11 January 1807 – 9 June 1865) was an English music publisher and composer of songs.
Quotes
[edit]- Come o'er the moonlit sea,
The waves are brightly glowing.- The Moonlit Sea, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- The morn was fair, the skies were clear,
No breath came o'er the sea.- The Rose of Allandale, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."- Charity, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Come, wander with me, for the moonbeams are bright
On river and forest, o'er mountain and lea.- Come, wander with me, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- A word in season spoken
May calm the troubled breast.- A Word in Season, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- The bud is on the bough again,
The leaf is on the tree.- The Meeting of Spring and Summer, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- I have heard the mavis singing
Its love-song to the morn;
I've seen the dew-drop clinging
To the rose just newly born.- Mary of Argyle, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- We have lived and loved together
Through many changing years;
We have shared each other's gladness,
And wept each other's tears.- We have lived and loved together, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).