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Come with me into the woods where spring is advancing, as it does, no matter what, not being singular or particular, but one of the forever gifts, and certainly visible.

Come with me into the woods where spring is advancing, as it does, no matter what, not being singular or particular, but one of the forever gifts, and certainly visible.

Mary Oliver
Spring, Forever, Doe
Mary Oliver (2013). “Dog Songs: Deluxe Edition”, p.30, Penguin

I don't know lots of things but I know this: next year when spring flows over the starting point I'll think I'm going to drown in the shimmering miles of it.

Mary Oliver
Spring, Thinking, Years
Mary Oliver (1986). “Dream Work”, p.62, Atlantic Monthly Press

Every spring I hear the thrush singing in the glowing woods he is only passing through. His voice is deep, then he lifts it until it seems to fall from the sky. I am thrilled. I am grateful. Then, by the end of morning, he's gone, nothing but silence out of the tree where he rested for a night. And this I find acceptable. Not enough is a poor life. But too much is, well, too much. Imagine Verdi or Mahler every day, all day. It would exhaust anyone.

Mary Oliver
Morning, Spring, Fall
Mary Oliver (2012). “A Thousand Mornings: Poems”, p.39, Penguin

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