Favorite Poetry

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Love's Philosophy

P B Shelley

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 disdain'd its brother:
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea -
But what be all these sweet works worth,
If thou kiss not me?


One for the romantic types to keep memorised. I have not used it "cold" (i.e first date/ first kiss) but I've recited this to established partners, and it worked then. I reckon, in the right place and the right time, it'd bridge that little gap of personal space.
If anyone tries it, do report back.

I kept that in a book I had of poems and quotes I collected back in my teenage years, then revisited it when I studied the romantic poets in college.