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The absent are always in the wrong.
The absent are always in the wrong.
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
 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. 
 What shall I do with all the days and hours
 That must be counted ere I see thy face?
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 What shall I do with all the days and hours
 That must be counted ere I see thy face?
  How shall I charm the interval that lowers
   Between this time and that sweet time of grace? 
 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.] 
 Ever absent, ever near;
 Still I see thee, still I hear;
  Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!  
 Ever absent, ever near;
 Still I see thee, still I hear;
  Yet I cannot reach thee, dear! 
 For I verily, absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged 
already, as though I were present, concerning read more 
 For I verily, absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged 
already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so 
done this deed, . . . 
Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little, it kindles the great.
Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little, it kindles the great.
 '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.