Stephen Collins Foster

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    “Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
    Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
    Sounds of the rude world heard in the day,
    Lull’d by the moonlight have all pass’d away.”
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    “All up and down the whole creation,
    Sadly I roam,
    Still longing for the old plantation,
    And for the old folks at home.”
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    “‘Way down upon de Swanee ribber,
    Far, far away,
    Dere’s where my heart is turning ebber,
    Dere’s where de old folks stay.”
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1884)

    “Well, at least I have the satisfaction of having destroyed a terrible monster, and in doing so rid the world of an awful curse.”
    —Griffin Jay, and Harold Young. Stephen Banning (Dick Foran)

    “But com’st a decent maid,
    In Attic robe array’d,
    O chaste, unboastful nymph, to thee I call!”
    —William Collins (1721–1759)

    “I don’t know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I’ve never been bored a day in my life.”
    —Jodie Foster (b. 1962)