Love
Love’s Philosophy
From Poems of 1819
Love
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?
Cite this poem
MLA
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “Love’s Philosophy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/49/.
Chicago
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “Love’s Philosophy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/49/.
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