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Love's Philosophy

Everything in nature pairs up, the poet says. So kiss me.

2 key quotes from Love's Philosophy, by Shelley. Learn this one first: “Nothing in the world is single” (Shelley, Love's Philosophy).

Lord Byron. Thomas Phillips, 1813. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

This poem in five words

Naturepairsupkissme

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The quotes

2 big quotes in this poem.

Nothing in the world is single

Shelley · Love's Philosophy · romantic love

Everything in nature comes in pairs, he says. So why not us. It is a chat-up line in verse.

What is all this sweet work worth If thou kiss not me?

Shelley · Love's Philosophy · romantic love

The last line. The sun kisses the earth, the waves kiss each other. Now kiss me.

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