VERGA + PAULIN WEDDING DAY

The Fountains mingle with the Rivers And the Rivers with the Oceans,
The winds of Heaven mix forever With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by a law divine In one spirit meet and 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 disdain its brother,
And the sunlight clasps the earth And the moonbeams kiss the sea:
What is all this sweet work worth If thou kiss not me?