"The Poet's Corner..."

Love is the impulse which directs the world,

And all things know it and obey its power.

Man, in the maelstrom of his passions whirled;

The bee that takes the pollen to the flower;

The earth, uplifting her bare, pulsing breast

To fervent kisses of the amorous sun;--

Each but obeys creative Love's behest,

Which everywhere instinctively is done.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"What Love Is"