Absence

Friends, though absent, are still present.

— Absence

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.

— Absence

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

— Absence

Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.

— Absence

Achilles absent, was Achilles still.

— Absence

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

— Absence

Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.

— Absence

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

— Absence

… absence isThe moonlight of affection;

— Absence

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

— Absence

With what a deep devotedness of woeFalls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away!

— Absence

Absent in body, but present in spirit.

— Absence

Say, is not absence death to those who love?

— Absence

Condemned whole years in absence to deplore,And image charms he must behold no more.

— Absence

The absent are like children; they are helpless to defend themselves.

— Absence

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

— Absence

As 'tis ever common That men are merriest when they are from home.

— Absence

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

— Absence

Greater things are believed of those who are absent.

— Absence

Conspicuous by his absence.

— Absence

'Tis said that absence conquers love;    But thou art not forgot.

— Absence

Absent in body, but present in spirit.

— Absence

Ever absent, ever near;Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!

— Absence

What shall I do with all the days and hoursBetween this time and that sweet time of grace?

— Absence

For with G. D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak it profanely) to be present with the Lord.

— Absence

Oft in the tranquil hour of night,And wish that thou wert by.

— Absence

Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream,And I seek thee in vain by the meadow and stream.

— Absence

For there's nae luck about the house;When our gudeman's awa.

— Absence

Days of absence, sad and dreary,She I love is far away.

— Absence

Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence.

— Absence

All days are nights to see till I see thee,And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.

— Absence

How like a winter hath my absence beenWhat old December's bareness everywhere.

— Absence

Since you have waned from us,The harping of mortals!

— Absence

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

— Absence

No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

— Absence

The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent friends.

— Absence

Wives in their husband's absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.

— Absence

Absence! is not the soul torn by it    The pain without the peace of death!

— Absence