Song, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). This song was written and composed by Linley for Mr. Augustus Braham, and sung by him. It is not known when it was written,—probably about 1830. Another song, entitled "Though lost to Sight, to Memory dear," was published in London in 1880, purporting to have been written by Ruthven Jenkyns in 1703 and published in the "Magazine for Mariners". That magazine, however, never existed, and the composer of the music acknowledged, in a private letter, that he copied the words from an American newspaper. The reputed author, Ruthven Jenkyns, was living, under another name, in California in 1882.
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George Linley
Geburtstag: 1798
Todesdatum: 10. September 1865
George Linley , was an English verse-writer and musical composer, who was born in Leeds. He contributed verses to the local newspapers and published some pamphlets, before leaving his native city in early life. After a period of military service, he lived at first in Edinburgh but finally settled in London, where he gained a reputation as a writer and composer of songs and ballads. He is perhaps best known for writing the English lyrics to the song, "God Bless the Prince of Wales". Wikipedia
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Thou art gone, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
„Ever of thee I'm fondly dreaming,
Thy gentle voice my spirit can cheer.“
Ever of Thee, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
