“Absence, hear thou my protestation
Against thy strength,
Distance, and length;
Do what thou canst for alteration”

— John Donne

Poem Present in Absence http://www.bartleby.com/101/197.html
Attribution likely but not proven http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-7937(191107)6%3A3%3C383%3ATAO%22HT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B

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English poet 1572–1631

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