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.

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

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

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

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.]

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.

Absence, that common cure of love.

Absence, that common cure of love.

The absent are always in the wrong.

The absent are always in the wrong.

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?

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.