Love's Philosophy
by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1819) — a poem card from Justes Mots
A teasing argument from nature: everything in the world mingles and kisses — so why not we two?
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; 5
All things by a law divine
In one spirit meet and mingle.
Why not I with thine?—…