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Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
Absence - that common cure of love.
Absence - that common cure of love.
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.
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.]
Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream.
And I seek then in vain by the meadow read more
Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream.
And I seek then in vain by the meadow and stream.
The absent are always in the wrong.
The absent are always in the wrong.
For there's nae luck about the house;
There's nae luck at aw;
There's little pleasure in the read more
For there's nae luck about the house;
There's nae luck at aw;
There's little pleasure in the house
When our gudeman's awa.
- William Julius Mickle,
Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.