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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
 '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. 
Sometimes I need what only you can provide - your absence.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide - your absence.
 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. 
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
 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.] 
They are good that are away.
They are good that are away.
 Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
 [Lat., Absenti nemo ne nocuisse velit.]  
 Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
 [Lat., Absenti nemo ne nocuisse velit.]