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No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
 Ever absent, ever near;
 Still I see thee, still I hear;
  Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!  
 Ever absent, ever near;
 Still I see thee, still I hear;
  Yet I cannot reach thee, dear! 
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
 Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very 
circumstance that their portraits were absent.
 [Lat., Praefulgebant read more 
 Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very 
circumstance that their portraits were absent.
 [Lat., Praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus eo ipso, quod effigies 
eorum non videbantur.] 
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.
 Oft in the tranquil hour of night,
 When stars illume the sky,
  I gaze upon each orb read more 
 Oft in the tranquil hour of night,
 When stars illume the sky,
  I gaze upon each orb of light,
   And wish that thou wert by. 
Sometimes I need what only you can provide - your absence.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide - your absence.
 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. 
 Condemned whole years in absence to deplore,
 And image charms he must behold no more.  
 Condemned whole years in absence to deplore,
 And image charms he must behold no more.