Living
In Absence
From The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics (1899)
Living
All that thou art not, makes not up the sum
Of what thou art, belovèd, unto me:
All other voices, wanting thine, are dumb;
All vision, in thine absence, vacancy.
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MLA
Tabb, John Banister. “In Absence.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/3/.
Chicago
Tabb, John Banister. “In Absence.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/3/.
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