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.

Condemned whole years in absence to deplore,
And image charms he must behold no more.

Condemned whole years in absence to deplore,
And image charms he must behold no more.

Is not absence death to those who love?

Is not absence death to those who love?

Absence - that common cure of love.

Absence - that common cure of love.

I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

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

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

For with G.D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to
speak it profanely) to be present read more

For with G.D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to
speak it profanely) to be present with the Lord.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.