A Cosmic Argument for Love | Percy Bysshe Shelley - “Love’s Philosophy” (1819)
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A Cosmic Argument for Love | Percy Bysshe Shelley - “Love’s Philosophy” (1819)
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About this listen
A daily love poem for February — with gentle commentary after each reading.
February Love Poem Series – Day 20: “Love’s Philosophy” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Welcome to The Porcupine Presents and our month-long celebration of love in all its forms.
Each day of February, we bring you a new poem — romantic, bittersweet, playful, or aching — followed by a brief reflection to deepen your listening experience.
Today’s poem is “Love’s Philosophy” by Percy Bysshe Shelley, a lyrical and persuasive Romantic poem that argues—quite charmingly—that love is not just a personal desire but a natural law of the universe. Shelley reminds us that everything in nature seeks union: rivers mingle with oceans, winds meet in the sky, and mountains lean toward each other. If the cosmos is built on connection, why should two people be any different?
After the poem, stay tuned for a short commentary discussing
how Shelley uses natural imagery as rhetorical persuasion,
why the Romantics saw nature as a reflection of human emotion,
and how the poem’s final question distills its flirtation into a single, memorable moment.
Originally published: 1819
Approx. runtime: 6 minutes
Music: “A Very Brady Special” by Kevin MacLeod