And the moonbeams kiss the sea...

And the moonbeams kiss the sea...

Love’s Philosophy

by 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 ?