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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Romantic poet. Love's Philosophy is the world's most elegant attempt to get a kiss.

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The quotes

2 quotes by or about Percy Bysshe Shelley, in the order they happen.

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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