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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide - your absence.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide - your absence.
Achilles absent, was Achilles still.
Achilles absent, was Achilles still.
Absence - that common cure of love.
Absence - that common cure of love.
There is one pain I often feel, which you will never know. It is caused by the absence of you.
There is one pain I often feel, which you will never know. It is caused by the absence of you.
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.
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
With what a deep devotedness of woe
I wept thy absence--o'er and o'er again
Thinking of thee, read more
With what a deep devotedness of woe
I wept thy absence--o'er and o'er again
Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain,
And memory, like a drop that, night and day,
Falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away!