Герберт Понтинг / Herbert Ponting (1870–1935)

Очарование", Гил Элвгрен, 1952

Love's Philosophy

The fountains mingle with the river, And the rivers with the ocean; The winds of heaven mix forever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In another's being mingle-- Why not I with thine?

See, the mountains kiss high heaven, And the waves clasp one another; No sister flower could be forgiven If it disdained its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moonbeams kiss the sea;-- What are all these kissings worth, If thou kiss not me?

Albert Besnard

Those loving someone don’t disown, For life won’t end tomorrow morning. I’ll stop awaiting you, alone, And you’ll arrive without a warning. And you’ll arrive to blizzard song When nighttime brings the snowy welter, When you remember just how long We haven’t warmed each other’s shelter (...)