Poems (Browning)/Boats Passing in the Night

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Gentle splash of water rushing,
 Then the boat has passed from sight.

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Boats Passing in the Night
Fairy cities; silent; moving
 With their maze of shining light;
Other cities, shadow roving,
 Follow each its course of flight.

In the darkness gaze unseeing
 Those who reach the farther shore;
Glance seeks glance in wistful gazing,
 Bluréd forms, and then no more.

In the silence, ever twinkling,
 Beckon cities, that would seem
In the distance quickly dimming
 Were the phantoms of a dream.

Twilight beauty; silent passing;
 Answering voices in the night,
Gentle splash of water rushing,
 Then the boat has passed from sight.

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