We twain have met like the ships upon the sea, Who hold an … - Alexander Smith

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We twain have met like the 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.

Alexander Smith

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Alexander Smith (31 December 1829 – 5 January 1867) was a Scottish poet, and labelled as one of the Spasmodic School.

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One half in day, the other dipt in night;
The one has music and the flying cloud,
The other, silence and the wakeful stars.

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