Joseph Edwards Carpenter Quotes

Joseph Edwards Carpenter was an English playwright, composer, and songwriter.

In 1851, Carpenter moved from Leamington to London. He wrote various touring musical entertainments such as The Road, the Rail and the River, and a Vocal, Pictorial, and Descriptive Illustration of Uncle Tom's Cabin . A two-act musical drama The Sanctuary and his three-act drama Love and Honour appeared in 1854, and a three-act drama Adam Bede in 1862.He wrote lyrics for over 2500 songs and duets, publishing them in Ainsworth's Magazine and other magazines, and partnering with various composers including Henry Bishop, Stephen Glover, and James Ernest Perring.

From 1865 to 1867, Carpenter edited 10 volumes of Penny Readings in prose and verse.

He is buried at Highgate Cemetery. Wikipedia  

✵ 2. November 1813 – 6. May 1885
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Joseph Edwards Carpenter Quotes

“Yes! but there's something greater
That speaks to the heart alone:
'T is the voice of the great Creator
Dwells in that mighty tone.”

What are the wild Waves saying? Refrain, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“What are the wild waves saying,
Sister, the whole day long,
That ever amid our playing
I hear but their low, lone song?”

What are the wild Waves saying?, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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