4/5-Dorothy Parker-

DISTANCE

Were you to cross the world, my dear,
To work or love or fight,
I coud be calm and wistful here,
And close my eyes at night.

It were a sweet and gallant pain
To be a sea apart;
But, oh, to have you down the lane
Is bitter to my heart.

Taken from:
The Portable Dorothy Parker; Penguin Classics 2006