Excerpt from The Dictionary of Love: Containing a Definition of All the Terms Used in the History of the Tender Passion, With Rare Quotations From the Ancient and Modern Poets of All Nations

Absence is considered the great bane and torment Of lovers. Every lover writes to his beloved that, when absent from her, the time lags on leaden wings - minutes are tortured into hours, hours into days, days into weeks. Weeks into months, months into years, and years into interminable ages. Existence has become a burden, and he is kept alive only by the sweet hope Of meeting the dear Object again.

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