They stood aloof, the scars remaining,—
Like cliffs which had been rent asunder:
A dreary sea now flows between.


Part II - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919) - Christabel


They stood aloof, the scars remaining,— Like cliffs which had been rent asunder: A dreary sea now flows between.

They stood aloof, the scars remaining,— Like cliffs which had been rent asunder: A dreary sea now flows between.

They stood aloof, the scars remaining,— Like cliffs which had been rent asunder: A dreary sea now flows between.

They stood aloof, the scars remaining,— Like cliffs which had been rent asunder: A dreary sea now flows between.