Absence

'Tis not the loss of love's assurance,
It is not doubting what thou art,
But 'tis the too, too long endurance
Of absence, that afflicts my heart.

The fondest thoughts two hearts can cherish,
When each is lonely doom'd to weep,
Are fruits on desert isles that perish,
Or riches buried in the deep.

What though, untouch'd by jealous madness,
Our bosom's peace may fall to wreck;
Th' undoubting heart, that breaks with sadness,
Is but more slowly doom'd to break.

Absence! is not the soul torn by it
From more than light, or life, or breath?
'Tis Lethe's gloom, but not its quiet, -
The pain without the peace of death.

Thomas Campbell . 1777-1844

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Thomas Campbell
born 1777, died 1844

Poems

Ode On The Memory Of Burns
Exile Of Erin
The Soldier's Dream
Song - Men Of England
Lines - On The Camp Hill, Near Hastings
Battle Of The Baltic
Hohenlinden
From "The Pleasures Of Hope"
Lines - Written On Visiting A Scene In Argyleshire
The Maid's Remonstrance
Absence
The Brave Roland
Song "To The Evening Star"
Ye Mariners Of England
A Scene On The Susquehana
The Traveller

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