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 one another's being 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 are all these kissings worth, If thou kiss not me? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LORD ALCOHOL; SONG by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES EPISTLE TO MRS. BLOUNT, WITH THE WORKS OF VOITURE by ALEXANDER POPE LITTLE GIFFEN by FRANCIS ORRERY TICKNOR THE MAID'S TRAGEDY by FRANCIS BEAUMONT ADVICE TO A BLUE-BIRD by MAXWELL BODENHEIM |