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Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; every little absence is an age.
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; every little absence is an age.
They are good that are away.
They are good that are away.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
A DEEP-SWORN VOW
Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;
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A DEEP-SWORN VOW
Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;
Yet always when I look death in the face,
When I clamber to the heights of sleep,
Or when I grow excited with wine,
Suddenly I meet your face.
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!
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
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.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
