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

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

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

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure.

I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure.

Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body
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Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body
came to be called in question by it.

Absence, that common cure of love.

Absence, that common cure of love.

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

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

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

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

How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
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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!