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First Line: As two proud ships upon the pathless main
Last Line: So we two parted. Shall we meet again?
Subject(s): Boats;dreams;farewell;ships & Shipping; Nightmares;parting


As two proud ships upon the pathless main
Meet once and never hope to meet again, --
Meet once with merry signallings, and part,
Each homeward bound to swell the crowded mart,
So we two met, one golden summer day,
Within the shelter of life's dreaming bay,
And rested, calmly anchored from the world,
For one brief hour, with snowy pinions furled;
But when the sun sank low along the west,
We left our harbor, with its peaceful rest,
And floated outward in life's tangled sea
With foam-kissed waves between us, wild and free.
As two ships part upon the trackless main,
So we two parted. Shall we meet again?





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