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.

Is not absence death to those who love?

Is not absence death to those who love?

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.

They are good that are away.

They are good that are away.

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a read more

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.

'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

A DEEP-SWORN VOW
Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;
Yet read more

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.

Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.

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.