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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. 
 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.] 
Is not absence death to those who love?
Is not absence death to those who love?
 'Tis said that absence conquers love;
 But oh! believe it not
  I've tried, alas! its power to read more 
 'Tis said that absence conquers love;
 But oh! believe it not
  I've tried, alas! its power to prove,
   But thou art not forgot. 
The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent read more
The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent friends.
 For with G.D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to 
speak it profanely) to be present read more 
 For with G.D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to 
speak it profanely) to be present with the Lord. 
They are good that are away.
They are good that are away.
 Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body 
came to be called in question by read more 
 Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body 
came to be called in question by it. 
Absence, that common cure of love.
Absence, that common cure of love.