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1792–1822

LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion;

Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one spirit meet and 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 is all this sweet work worth If thou kiss not me?

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