John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6429 Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton 1803-1873 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6429 |
| AUTHOR: | Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873) |
| QUOTATION: | Two lives that once part are as ships that divide When, moment on moment, there rushes between The one and the other a sea;— Ah, never can fall from the days that have been A gleam on the years that shall be! 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | A Lament. |
| Note 1. Ships that pass in the night. See Longfellow, page 644. [back] |