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'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
 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.] 
 Days of absence, sad and dreary,
 Clothed in sorrow's dark array,--
  Days of absence, I am weary;
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 Days of absence, sad and dreary,
 Clothed in sorrow's dark array,--
  Days of absence, I am weary;
   She I love is far away. 
 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. 
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!
 All days are nights to see till I see thee,
 And nights bright days when dreams do show thee read more 
 All days are nights to see till I see thee,
 And nights bright days when dreams do show thee to me. 
 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! 
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.
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.