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Is not absence death to those who love?
Is not absence death to those who love?
'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.
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; every little absence is an age.
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; every little absence is an age.
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., read more
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les
grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]
Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous,
one provision is conspicuous by its presence and read more
Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous,
one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its
absence.
Absence, that common cure of love.
Absence, that common cure of love.
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.
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.