No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

Achilles absent, was Achilles still.

Achilles absent, was Achilles still.

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.

But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly
goes also out of mind.
[Lat., read more

But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly
goes also out of mind.
[Lat., Cum autem sublatus fuerit ab oculis, etiam cito transit a
mente.]

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

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

Absence, that common cure of love.

Absence, that common cure of love.

How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What read more

How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!
What old December's bareness everywhere!

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.