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In spite of its title, this very sweet sixteen-line poem has nothing to do
with philosophy, as far as I can see. Instead, it promulgates one of the
oldest arguments of a swain to a maid: “All the world is in intimate
contact – water, wind, mountains, moonbeams, even flowers. What
about you?” Since “Nothing in the world is single,” he says with
multiple examples, “What is all this sweet work worth / If thou kiss not
me?” Interestingly, the lover’s proof of the “law divine” of mingling
delicately omits any reference to animals and their mingling behavior. In
any case, I hope it worked for him.
Love’s Philosophy
Reference
https://classicalpoets.org/2016/10/27/10-greatest-love-poems-ever-written/#/