To an Absentee
Thomas Hood
1799 to 1845
Track 1
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Farewell! I did not know thy worth;
Nay, thou art now so dear, methinks
The farther we are forced apart,
For now we sever each from each,
Affection's firm elastic links
So angels walk'd unknown on earth,
But when they flew were recognized!
My thought must fly to rest on thee,
And would, though worlds should intervene.
Alas, that nothing else could teach
Through all the miles that stretch between,
O'er hill, and dale, and distant sea,
I learned what I have lost in thee;
But thou art gone, and now 'tis prized:
How great indeed my love should be!
But bind the closer round the heart.
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