Within her presence, I had once been usedto feeling–trembling–wonder, dissolution;but that was long ago. Still, though my soul, now she was veiled, could not see her directly, by way of hidden force that she could move, I felt the mighty power of old love.

Dante Alighieri
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The poet Jenny Joseph, in her poem “The Power of Love,” reminds us that while we cannot see love directly, we can feel its power. We can feel the power of love even when it is veiled: through hidden forces like music and scent and memory. Love moves through us and moves us. The great gift of love is its ability to move, to transform and to bring life into being.

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