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Is not absence death to those who love?
Is not absence death to those who love?
No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
Achilles absent, was Achilles still.
Achilles absent, was Achilles still.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., read more
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les
grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]
Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;
Still to my read more
Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;
Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain,
And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler,
And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.
Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler,
And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
