Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.

For with G.D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to
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For with G.D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to
speak it profanely) to be present with the Lord.

What shall I do with all the days and hours
That must be counted ere I see thy face?
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What shall I do with all the days and hours
That must be counted ere I see thy face?
How shall I charm the interval that lowers
Between this time and that sweet time of grace?

In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.

In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
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Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les
grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]