J. Augustine Wade

Joseph Augustine Wade (1796 – 15 July 1845) was an Irish composer and conductor.

Quotes

• Meet me by moonlight alone,
  And then I will tell you a tale
  Must be told by the moonlight alone,
  In the grove at the end of the vale!
  You must promise to come, for I said
  I would show the night-flowers their queen.
  Nay, turn not away that sweet head,
  'T is the loveliest ever was seen.
  • Meet me by Moonlight, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• 'T were vain to tell thee all I feel,
  Or say for thee I'd die.
  Ah, well-a-day, the sweetest melody
  Could never, never say, one half my love for thee.
  • 'T were vain to tell, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).