The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the ocean;
the winds of heaven mix forever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single'
All things by a law of divine
In another's being mingle-
Why not I with thine?

See, the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another,
No sister flower could 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?