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" We twain have met like ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet ; • One little hour ! and then, away they speed On lonely paths, through mist, and cloud, and foam, To meet no more. "
Vassall Morton: A Novel - Page 317
by Francis Parkman - 1856 - 414 pages
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1881 - 670 pages
...sea, Who liuld an hour's converse, so short, so sweet; One little hour ! and then, away they ppecd On lonely paths, through mist, and cloud, and foam, To meet no more." • CLK. LOCKHART'S " LIFE OF SIB WALTER SCOTT,' •vol. v., p. 185. Edin., 1851.— " But shu 1 we...
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Poems

Alexander Smith - 1853 - 224 pages
...heart. We twain have met like ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet ; One little hour ! and then, away they speed On lonely...through mist, and cloud, and foam, To meet no more. We have been foolish, Walter ! I would to God that I had never known This secret of thy heart, or else...
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Scotia's Bards ...

Scottish ballads and songs - 1854 - 606 pages
...awful eye. We twain have met like ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet ; One little hour! and then away they speed On lonely...through mist, and cloud, and foam, To meet no more. The bridegroom sea, Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And in the fulness of his marriage...
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Scotia's Bards

English poetry - 1854 - 608 pages
...awful eye. We twain have met like ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet ; One little hour! and then away they speed On lonely...through mist, and cloud, and foam, To meet no more. The bridegroom sea, Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And in the fulness of his marriage...
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Vassall Morton: A Novel

Francis Parkman - History - 1856 - 432 pages
...LV. We twain have met like ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour's converse, * * * "nc little hour I and then away they speed On lonely paths, through...are you in such a hurry ? " " I shall look in again hefore night." " You are not well. I never thought you could look so worn and haggard." " Try the prison...
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Poems

Alexander Smith - Poetry, Modern - 1856 - 248 pages
...friend! We twain have met like ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet; One little hour! and then, away they speed On lonely...through mist, and cloud, and foam, To meet no more. We have been foolish, Walter! I would to God that I had never known This secret of thy heart, or else...
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Poems

Alexander Smith - 1856 - 256 pages
...! We twain have met like ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet ; • One little hour ! and then, away they speed On lonely...through mist, and cloud, and foam, To meet no more. We have been foolish, Walter ! I would to God that I had never known This secret of thy heart, or else...
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The North American Review, Volume 83

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1856 - 588 pages
...purpose, but in vain. They met " Like ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet; One little hour ! and then away they speed, On lonely...through mist and cloud and foam, To meet no more." The administration of Margaret was closed. Her parting gift to the Netherlands was a new and more stringent...
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Poems

Alexander Smith - 1857 - 216 pages
...heart.LADY. We twain have met like ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet ; One little hour ! and then, away they speed On lonely...through mist, and cloud, and foam, To meet no more. We have been foolish, Walter ! I would to God that I had never known This secret of thy heart, or else...
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A Life-drama and Other Poems

Alexander Smith - 1859 - 210 pages
...LADY. We twain have met like ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet ; One little hour ! and then, away they speed On lonely...through mist, and cloud, and foam, To meet no more. We have been foolish, Walter ! I would to God that I had never known This secret of thy heart, or else...
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