POEM: “Love’s Philosophy,” by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
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 spirit meet and 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 is all this sweet work worth
If thou kiss not me?
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Love's Philosophy Analysis
This video concentrates on the meanings and messages as conveyed by the language and structure of the poem Love's Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
SOURCE: MissHannahLovesGrammar (2017), posted on YouTube, [11:25 mins.] URL: https://youtu.be/UNjaivOShFQ