Though you know it anyhow br Listen to me, darling, now, br Proving what I need not prove br How I know I love you, love. br Near and far, near and far, br I am happy where you are; br Likewise I have never larnt br How to be it where you aren't. br Far and wide, far and wide, br I can walk with you beside; br Furthermore, I tell you what, br I sit and sulk where you are not. br Visitors remark my frown br Where you're upstairs and I am down, br Yes, and I'm afraid I pout br When I'm indoors and you are out; br But how contentedly I view br Any room containing you. br In fact I care not where you be, br Just as long as it's with me. br In all your absences I glimpse br Fire and flood and trolls and imps. br Is your train a minute slothful? br I goad the stationmaster wrothful. br When with friends to bridge you drive br I never know if you're alive, br And when you linger late in shops br I long to telephone the cops. br Yet how worth the waiting for, br To see you coming through the door. br Somehow, I can be complacent br Never but with you adjacent. br Near and far, near and far, br I am happy where you are; br Likewise I have never larnt br How to be it where you aren't. br Then grudge me not my fond endeavor, br To hold you in my sight forever; br Let none, not even you, disparage br Such a valid reason for a marriage.