Charles Hamilton Aide Quotes

Charles Hamilton Aide was "for many years a conspicuous figure in London literary society, a writer of novels, songs and dramas of considerable merit and popularity, and a skillful amateur artist". In particular, Aide was "known for such widely anthologized lyrics as 'Love, the Pilgrim', 'Lost and Found' and 'George Lee'". Wikipedia  

✵ 1826 – 13. December 1906
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Charles Hamilton Aide Quotes

“Do you recall that night in June
Upon the Danube River;
We listened to the ländler-tune,
We watched the moonbeams quiver.”

The Danube River, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“I sit beside my lonely fire
And pray for wisdom yet:
For calmness to remember
Or courage to forget.”

Remember or Forget, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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