by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)

Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE
 ... 
Nothing in the world is single;
  All things by a law divine
In one another's being mingle.
  Why not I with thine? -
The fountains mingle with the River 
  And the Rivers with the Ocean,
The winds of Heaven mix for ever
  With a sweet emotion;
 ... 
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?

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949), "Love's philosophy", op. 32 no. 2 (1979), first performed 1980, lines 5-8,1-4,9-16 [ soprano or tenor (or soprano-tenor duet) and piano ], from Two Shelley songs, no. 2

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 90