Joseph Edwards Carpenter

Joseph Edwards Carpenter (2 November 1813 – 6 May 1885) was an English playwright and songwriter.

Quotes

 * 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).


 * 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).