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The absent are always in the wrong.
The absent are always in the wrong.
The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent read more
The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent friends.
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.
They are good that are away.
They are good that are away.
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.
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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.
'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.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
