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Moe4 | 02:00 Thu 11th Nov 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the origin of the phrase "Like two ships passing in the night"?
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The original was a quote from an H W Longfellow poem 'Tales of a Wayside Inn' which read: "Ships that pass in the night and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness."

Since then, of course, variations such as your own have appeared to suggest what amounts to a lack of real communication.

08:32 Thu 11th Nov 2004
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Its a shame really. The original quote is such a beautiful image of briefly shared comradeship and what might have been
15:14 Thu 11th Nov 2004

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