Maxioms Pet

X
  •   13  /  32  

    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.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  25  /  27  

No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

by Aphra Behn Found in: Absence Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  26  /  23  

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.]

  ( comments )
  15  /  27  

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

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

by Ashleigh Brilliant Found in: Absence Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  15  /  27  

With what a deep devotedness of woe
I wept thy absence--o'er and o'er again
Thinking of thee, read more

With what a deep devotedness of woe
I wept thy absence--o'er and o'er again
Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain,
And memory, like a drop that, night and day,
Falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away!

by Thomas Moore Found in: Absence Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  8  /  25  

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., read more

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les
grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]

  ( comments )
  17  /  20  

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!

by William Shakespeare Found in: Absence Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  11  /  16  

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,

by William Julius Mickle Found in: Absence Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  8  /  16  

In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.

In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Absence Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  9  /  16  

What shall I do with all the days and hours
That must be counted ere I see thy face?
read more

What shall I do with all the days and hours
That must be counted ere I see thy face?
How shall I charm the interval that lowers
Between this time and that sweet time of grace?

Maxioms Web Pet