Ships that pass in the night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1802 - 1887)  

Ships that pass in the night                   

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 a silence.

"The Theologian's Tale: Elizabeth"