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01c. 1836 AD

Come o'er the moonlit sea, The waves are brightly glowing.

Charles Jefferys / quote

02c. 1836 AD

The morn was fair, the skies were clear, No breath came o'er the sea.

Charles Jefferys / quote

03c. 1836 AD

Meek and lowly, pure and holy, Chief among the "blessed three."

Charles Jefferys / quote

04c. 1836 AD

Come, wander with me, for the moonbeams are bright On river and forest, o'er mountain and lea.

Charles Jefferys / quote

05c. 1836 AD

A word in season spoken May calm the troubled breast.

Charles Jefferys / quote

06c. 1836 AD

The bud is on the bough again, The leaf is on the tree.

Charles Jefferys / quote

07c. 1836 AD

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 Jefferys / quote

08c. 1836 AD

We have lived and loved together Through many changing years; We have shared each other's gladness, And wept each other's tears.

Charles Jefferys / quote