Mary Oliver: What Would the World Be Like?

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What Would the World Be Like?

Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased.

It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why 

we should honor as well as love the dog 

of our own life, and the dog down the street, 

and all the dogs not yet born. What would the 

world be like without music or rivers or 

the green and tender grass? What would 

this world be like without dogs?

 

— Mary Oliver