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.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide - your absence.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide - your absence.

Absence, that common cure of love.

Absence, that common cure of love.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.

Achilles absent, was Achilles still.

Achilles absent, was Achilles still.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear

But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly
goes also out of mind.
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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.]

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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.