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NOT ABSENT.
In vain thou turn'st and look'st to find me,
And yet, dear girl, I am not gone,
For I have left my heart behind me,
My thoughts—and feelings—every one:
Not absent,—though afar I move,—
The best of me remains thine own,
There is a second life in love,
And that best life to thee hath flown.
And yet, dear girl, I am not gone,
For I have left my heart behind me,
My thoughts—and feelings—every one:
Not absent,—though afar I move,—
The best of me remains thine own,
There is a second life in love,
And that best life to thee hath flown.
Then, oh! no more let care oppress thee,
Or in thy care some comfort see,
The future spreads its arms to bless thee,
When we no more shall parted be!
Then say not thou art all bereft,
But look to Heaven and solace find;
Can he be absent who has left
His heart, his life, his soul, behind?
Or in thy care some comfort see,
The future spreads its arms to bless thee,
When we no more shall parted be!
Then say not thou art all bereft,
But look to Heaven and solace find;
Can he be absent who has left
His heart, his life, his soul, behind?
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