Joseph Edwards Carpenter. 1813- ? John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Joseph Edwards Carpenter. (1813– ?)

    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?

    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.