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 Condemned whole years in absence to deplore,
 And image charms he must behold no more.  
 Condemned whole years in absence to deplore,
 And image charms he must behold no more. 
The absent are always in the wrong.
The absent are always in the wrong.
 In the hope to meet
 Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.  
 In the hope to meet
 Shortly again, and make our absence sweet. 
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.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear
 But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly 
goes also out of mind.
 [Lat., read more 
 But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly 
goes also out of mind.
 [Lat., Cum autem sublatus fuerit ab oculis, etiam cito transit a 
mente.] 
 With what a deep devotedness of woe
 I wept thy absence--o'er and o'er again
  Thinking of thee, read more 
 With what a deep devotedness of woe
 I wept thy absence--o'er and o'er again
  Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain,
   And memory, like a drop that, night and day,
    Falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away! 
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.