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For there's nae luck about the house;
There's nae luck at aw;
There's little pleasure in the read more
For there's nae luck about the house;
There's nae luck at aw;
There's little pleasure in the house
When our gudeman's awa.
- William Julius Mickle,
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
Absence, that common cure of love.
Absence, that common cure of love.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
A DEEP-SWORN VOW
Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;
Yet read more
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.
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.
How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What read more
How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!
What old December's bareness everywhere!
No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
