Love's Philosophy
    by Percy Bysshe Shelley

    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 another's being mingle --
                        Why not I with thine?
    See, the mountains kiss high heaven,
              And the waves clasp one another;
    No sister flower could 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?

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