Absence, that common cure of love.

Absence, that common cure of love.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death.

They are good that are away.

They are good that are away.

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

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

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.

A DEEP-SWORN VOW
Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;
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A DEEP-SWORN VOW
Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;
Yet always when I look death in the face,
When I clamber to the heights of sleep,
Or when I grow excited with wine,
Suddenly I meet your face.

The absent are always in the wrong.

The absent are always in the wrong.

Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous,
one provision is conspicuous by its presence and read more

Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous,
one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its
absence.