Love's Philosophy
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 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 disdain'd 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?
* In sommige edities van dit gedicht staat de variant 'In one spirit meet and mingle'
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"Oog om oog maakt de hele wereld blind.
An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.
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