Though you know it anyhow Listen to me, darling, now,

Proving what I need not prove How I know I love you, love.

Near and far, near and far, I am happy where you are;

Likewise I have never larnt How to be it where you aren't.

Far and wide, far and wide, I can walk with you beside;

Furthermore, I tell you what, I sit and sulk where you are not.

Visitors remark my frown Where you're upstairs and I am down,

Yes, and I'm afraid I pout When I'm indoors and you are out;

But how contentedly I view Any room containing you.

In fact I care not where you be, Just as long as it's with me.

In all your absences I glimpse Fire and flood and trolls and imps.

Is your train a minute slothful? I goad the stationmaster wrothful.

When with friends to bridge you drive I never know if you're alive,

And when you linger late in shops I long to telephone the cops.

Yet how worth the waiting for, To see you coming through the door.

Somehow, I can be complacent Never but with you adjacent.

Near and far, near and far, I am happy where you are;

Likewise I have never larnt How to be it where you aren't.

Then grudge me not my fond endeavor, To hold you in my sight forever;

Let none, not even you, disparage Such a valid reason for a marriage