For with G.D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to
speak it profanely) to be present read more

For with G.D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to
speak it profanely) to be present with the Lord.

Achilles absent, was Achilles still.

Achilles absent, was Achilles still.

The absent are always in the wrong.

The absent are always in the wrong.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide - your absence.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide - your absence.

I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence, that common cure of love.

Absence, that common cure of love.

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.