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'Tis said that absence conquers love;
But oh! believe it not
I've tried, alas! its power to read more
'Tis said that absence conquers love;
But oh! believe it not
I've tried, alas! its power to prove,
But thou art not forgot.
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.
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.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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.
The absent are always in the wrong.
The absent are always in the wrong.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly
goes also out of mind.
[Lat., read more
But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly
goes also out of mind.
[Lat., Cum autem sublatus fuerit ab oculis, etiam cito transit a
mente.]
