Beauty without purpose is beauty without virtue

Two or three times in my life I discovered love.
Each time it seemed to solve everything.
Each time it solved a great many things
but not everything.
Yet left me as grateful as if it had indeed, and
thoroughly, solved everything. 


Due o tre volte nella mia vita ho scoperto l'amore.
Ogni volta sembrava aver risolto ogni cosa.
Ogna volta  ha risolto un un bel po' di cose
ma non tutte le cose
eppure sono rimasta appagata come se lo fossero 
state tutte, e
in fondo, ha risolto ogni cosa
Mary Oliver



 Evidence 

 Where do I live?
 If I had no address, as many people do not,
 I could nevertheless say that I lived in the same town as the lilies of the field,
 and the still waters.

Spring, and all through the neighborhood now there are
strong men tending flowers.

Beauty without purpose is beauty without virtue.
But all beautiful things, inherently, have this function -
to excite the viewers toward sublime thought.
Glory to the world, that good teacher.

Among the swans there is none called the least,
 or the greatest.

I believe in kindness. Also in mischief.
 Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.

As for the body, it is solid and strong and curious and full of detail;
it wants to polish itself; it wants to love another body;
it is the only vessel in the world that can hold,
 in a mix of power and sweetness:
words, song, gesture, passion, ideas,
ingenuity, devotion, merriment, vanity, and virtue.

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”

- Mary Oliver


"Mantieni qualche stanza nel tuo cuore per l'inimmaginabile..."
Mary Oliver 

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