Things mother taught me

Ma che cosa era il sole? Quale giorno portava? sopra i latrati del buio. Ella ne conosceva le dimensioni e l’intrinseco, la distanza dalla terra, dai rimanenti pianeti tutti: e il loro andare e rivolvere; molte cose aveva imparato e insegnato: e i matemi e le quadrature di Keplero che perseguono nella vacuità degli spazî senza senso l’ellisse del nostro disperato dolore. (RR I 674)

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