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by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)

The fountains mingle with the River
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Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE
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 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?

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•   F. Delius •   L. Lehrman 

L. Lehrman sets lines 5-8, 1-4, 9-16

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  • by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "Love's philosophy" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 94

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