absent (v.)
absent (adj.)
Grief fills the room up of my absent child,
Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me,
Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words,
Remembers me of all his gracious parts,
Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form.
He said that men ought to remember those friends who were absent as well as those who were present.
Here in the body pent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home.
For with G. D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak profanely) to be present with the Lord.
Absent in body, but present in spirit.
Absent thee from felicity awhile.
