Can the Absent be Forgotten?

Can the absent be forgotten?Can their mem\u27ries ever die?Were they loved to be remembered,Like a shadow on the sky?Can the early ties that bound usLike morning dreams departForbid it heaven for then would cease,All truthfulness of heart. Can the absent be forgotten?Though their silence we regret?No Le the springs on this fair earthBy which we can regret?There is something in the mem\u27ry Of those we\u27ve loved and lostUpholds love\u27s bark o\u27er time\u27s vast sea,However tempest tost. Can the absent be forgotten?Can the lip that we have kissed, The hand that we have pressed in ours be lost and be missed?Can the heart that throbb\u27d to our heart\u27s throb,The cheek that sought our breastAs the swallow wearied from afar,Seeks its own chosen nest. Can all these be forgotten,As a footprint on the sand?The dew upon the hawthorn leaf We brush off with our hand?Oh! no, there is a faith in love,Whose impulses are pure,That like th\u27 eternal mountainsGod created to endure