Come, wander with me, for the moonbeams are brightOn river and forest, o'er mountain and lea.
Come, wander with me, 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.
Charles JeffreysCome o'er the moonlit sea,The waves are brightly glowing.
Charles JeffreysThe morn was fair, the skies were clear,No breath came o'er the sea.
Charles JeffreysMeek and lowly, pure and holy,Chief among the "blessed three."
Charles JeffreysA word in season spokenMay calm the troubled breast.
Charles JeffreysThe bud is on the bough again,The leaf is on the tree.
Charles JeffreysI have heard the mavis singingIts love-song to the morn;I've seen the dew-drop clingingTo the rose just newly born.
Charles JeffreysWe have lived and loved togetherThrough many changing years;We have shared each other's gladness,And wept each other's tears.
Charles Jeffreys