By Shelley
Date: 9 April 2001

LOVE'S PHILOSHOPHY

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 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;
No 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?