Absence from whom we love is worse than death.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death.

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.

I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.

Achilles absent, was Achilles still.

Achilles absent, was Achilles still.

Oft in the tranquil hour of night,
When stars illume the sky,
I gaze upon each orb read more

Oft in the tranquil hour of night,
When stars illume the sky,
I gaze upon each orb of light,
And wish that thou wert by.

In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.

In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.

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.

Is not absence death to those who love?

Is not absence death to those who love?