Quote#Nature
The morn was fair, the skies were clear
Quote byCharles Jefferys · 1807–1865
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Rose of Allandale, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
The morn was fair, the skies were clear, No breath came o'er the sea.
— Charles Jefferys
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