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Show IN ABSENCE. It matters not how? far I fare, Or in what land I bide, Your voice sings ever on the air, Your face shines at my" side. For me each crimson flower that slips Its velvet sheath of green Yields the remembrance of your lips With all their sweets between. ' " Your hair is in the dusk that lies Around me when I rest; My only stars are your dear eyes, Love's own and loveliest. " ' Happy am I, though far. apart M From all that makes, life dear: M Love dwells contented in my 'heart, Exiled yet always near. H Then take my message, Sweet, and k".ow H How far your love has flown H To cheer and bless your lover, so H Lonely, but not alone: I send it from the drowsy South, M A dream of my delight, M A message to your rosebud mouth . M A kiss, and a good night! , Frank Dempster Sherman in The Smart Set. M |