Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream. And I…

For everything you gain, you lose something.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence.

— Alcibiades

Oft in the tranquil hour of night, When stars illume the sky, I gaze upon each orb of light, And wish that thou went…

— George Linley

What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face? How shall I charm the…

— Fanny Kemble

When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum.

— Amy Lowell

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

— Anonymous

Gone - flitted away, Taken the stars from the night and the sun From the day! Gone, and a cloud in my heart.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

It's true we don't know what we've got until its gone, but we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives. Pleasure of…

— Bette Davis

I miss everything about you. Can't believe that I still want youAnd after all the things we've been through.

— Colbie Caillat

Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.

— William Shakespeare

Bestow upon me, O Lord my God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may…

— Thomas Aquinas

Part of my soul I seek thee, and claim thee my other half

— John Milton

Where thou art gone, adieus and farewells are a sound unknown.

— William Cowper

“I once had a drinking contest with an artist on his yacht... It amused him as I took shot after shot, and I realized…

— Megan Rich

O delicious kiss, Why thou so sudden art gone? Lost in the moment thou art won?

— John Wolcot