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 kiss one another;
No sister flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother:
And the sunlight kiss the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea;-
What are all the kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?
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 kiss one another;
No sister flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother:
And the sunlight kiss the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea;-
What are all the kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?