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 word is single;

            All things by a law divine

In one another’s being mingle –

            Why not I with thine?

 

See! The mountains kiss high heaven,

            And the waves clasp one another;

Now sister flower would be forgiven

            If it disdained its brother;

And the sunlight clasps the earth,

            And the moonbeams kiss the sea –

What are all these kissings worth,

            If thou kiss not me?

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792 - 1822)