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This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas
Quote byThomas Moore · 1779–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Part I-III: The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan, Part II..
English (original)
This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas, The past, the future,—two eternities!
— Thomas Moore
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Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past.
Self is the medium thro' which Judgment's ray Can seldom pass without being turned astray.
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Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time.
Just as the mind the erring sense believes, The erring mind, in turn, the sense deceives.
Patience lingers o'er the weedy shore, And, mutely waiting till the storm be o'er, Turns to young Hope, who still directs his eye To some blue spot, just breaking in the sky!