Samuel Lover

thumb|right|And with my advice, faith I wish you'd take me. Samuel Lover (February 24, 1797 – July 6, 1868) was an Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, as well as a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures. He was the grandfather of Victor Herbert. Quotes For a ballad's a thing you expect to find lies in. Paddy Blake's Echo; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 56. A baby was sleeping,Its mother was weeping,For her husband was far on the wild-raging sea. The Angel's Whisper, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye. Rory O' More, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). For dhrames always go by conthraries, my dear. Rory O' More, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). "That 's eight times to-day that you 've kissed me before.""Then here goes another," says he, "to make sure,For there 's luck in odd numbers," says Rory O'More. Rory O' More, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). As she sat in the low-backed carThe man at the turn-pike barNever asked for the tollBut just rubbed his auld pollAnd looked after the low-backed car. The low-backed Car, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Sure my love is all crost Like a bud in the frostAnd there's no use at all in my going to bed,For 't is dhrames and not slape that comes into my head! Molly Carew, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). And with my advice, faith I wish you'd take me. Widow Machree, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Sure the shovel and tongsTo each other belongs. Widow Machree, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). External links Samuel+Lover Samuel Lover Category:Songwriters from Ireland Category:Painters from Ireland Category:1797 births Category:1868 deaths Category:Composers from Ireland Category:Novelists from Ireland Category:People from Dublin