kui ei suudle mind? LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY The fountains mingle with the river And the river with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in this world is single; All things by law divine In one spirit meet ang 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 you kiss not me? KADUVIK Me oleme kui pilved ümber kuu; kui rahutumal kiirgel voogab, vajub ja tõuseb tõttav parv! kuid peatselt ju nad neelab pime öö ja hiilgus hajub; või nagu unund kandled tuulehoos, kust iga kärsik iil toob muutund tooni ja mille keelte kähisevas loos ei ükski heli püsi uue hooni.
to say, inveigle a woman to love him by describing how every element in nature is also connected with one another and there can be no part left alone. He presses on the fact that the woman should follow Nature's ways: /.../ See! the mountains kiss high heaven, And the waves clasp one another; No sister flower would be forgiven, If it disdained it's brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moonbeams kiss the sea;-- What are all these kissings worth, If thou kiss not me? The woman is forced to abandon her own principles because Nature feels something other it is as good as to say if nature does this, so must you. As much as I find the idealization of nature in romantic poetry a bit exaggerated, I have nevertheless enjoyed reading most of the poems. Romantic authors do not really try to make
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