LOVE’S PHILOSOPHY

The fountains mingle with the river

And the rivers with the Ocean;

The winds of Heaven mix forever

With a sweet emotion;

Nothing in the world is single;

All things by law divine

In one spirit meet and mingle.

See the mountains kiss high Heaven

And the waves clasp one another;

No sister-flower would be forgiven

If it disdained its brother;

And the sunlight clasps the earth

And the moonbeams kiss the sea---

What is all this sweet work worth

If thou kiss not me?

---PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY