 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 315by Francis Parkman - 1856 - 414 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 1853 - 220 pages
...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. We have been foolish, Walter ! I would to God that I had never known This secret of thy heart, or else... | |
 | English poetry - 1854 - 608 pages
...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. The bridegroom sea, Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And in the fulness of his marriage... | |
 | Scottish ballads and songs - 1854 - 606 pages
...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. The bridegroom sea, Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And in the fulness of his marriage... | |
 | Francis Parkman - History - 1856 - 432 pages
...LV. We twain have met like ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour's converse, * * * One little hour ! and then away they speed On lonely paths, through...are you in such a hurry ? " " I shall look in again before night." " You are not well. I never thought you could look so worn and haggard." " Try the prison... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 1856 - 256 pages
...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. We have been foolish, Walter ! I would to God that I had never known This secret of thy heart, or else... | |
 | Alexander Smith - Poetry, Modern - 1856 - 248 pages
...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. We have been foolish, Walter! I would to God that I had never known This secret of thy heart, or else... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1856 - 588 pages
...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 paths, 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... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 1857 - 216 pages
...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. We have been foolish, Walter ! I would to God that I had never known This secret of thy heart, or else... | |
 | Alexander Smith - 1859 - 210 pages
...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. 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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