Love's Philosophy

composer:	Nancy Galbraith (2005)
author:	Percy Bysshe Shelley
genre:	duet: soprano & piano
length:	1 movement, 5:00 minutes
publisher:	Subito Music Publishing (ASCAP) 60 Depot Street, Verona, NJ 07044 973-857-3440 mail@subitomusic.com www.subitomusic.com
premiere:	November 20, 2005 Eve Miedel, soprano Mark Carver, piano Kresge Recital Hall Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
audio sample:	listen
comment:	"Love's Philosophy" was composed for soprano Eve Miedel and pianist Mark Carver, and was premiered at Ms. Miedel's Senior Recital at Carnegie Mellon University.
source:	nancygalbraith.com

text:	Love's Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley 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?