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Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
Days of absence, sad and dreary,
Clothed in sorrow's dark array,--
Days of absence, I am weary;
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Days of absence, sad and dreary,
Clothed in sorrow's dark array,--
Days of absence, I am weary;
She I love is far away.
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a read more
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.
Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler,
And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.
Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler,
And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.
Ever absent, ever near;
Still I see thee, still I hear;
Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!
Ever absent, ever near;
Still I see thee, still I hear;
Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
