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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.]
For I verily, absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged
already, as though I were present, concerning read more
For I verily, absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged
already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so
done this deed, . . .
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.]
Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body
came to be called in question by read more
Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body
came to be called in question by it.
Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;
Still to my read more
Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;
Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain,
And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
I dote on his very absence.
I dote on his very absence.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
Oft in the tranquil hour of night,
When stars illume the sky,
I gaze upon each orb read more
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.