Is it possible to get any more of his work on line? Thanks, Kerrin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Muriel Morris" <chillidachs@uniserve.com> To: <carpenter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 5:00 PM Subject: [CARPENTER] Joseph Edwards Carpenter > Here's a RAOGK: Joseph Edwards Carpenter was an English professor and > poet and songwriter, living in London (20 Norlands Square, Notting Hill in > 1881). He published two books that I know of : Lays and Legends of > Fairyland (1849) a copy of which exists in the Princess Grace Library in > Monaco, and My Jubilee Volume (1877). He was well enough known to be > quoted in Bartett's Familiar Quotations, although he is a lost victorian > voice by now. His citation is for this: > John Bartlett (1820-1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. > > Joseph Edwards Carpenter. (1813- ?) > > > 1 > 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? > 2 > 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. > > - What are the Wild Waves Saying? [Ocean] > > His son, Frank William Carpenter married my great aunt Marie England. She > is the daughter of William England the celebrated stereophotographer. > Cheers, > Muriel Morris, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARPENTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >