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.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

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.

No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
[Lat., Absenti nemo ne nocuisse velit.]

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
[Lat., Absenti nemo ne nocuisse velit.]

Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.

I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure.

I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure.