Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,Only a signal shown and a distant voice in ...

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another,Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and ...

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~

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