Occhi della Madonna flowers for all

 

These pretty little blue flowers grow everywhere in Italy. From the begining of February they can be seen everywhere. They grow spontaneously around beautiful villas and petrol stations alike. They happily grace any grassy verge or bank anywhere. They are very like the celandine that Wordsworth dedicate a poem to.

Long as there's a sun that sets,

Primroses will have their glory,

Long as there are violets,

They will have a place in story:

There's a flower that shall be mine

'Tis the little celandine.

Comfort have thou of thy merit,

Kindly, unassuming spirit1

Careless of thy neighbourhood,

thou dost show thy pleasant face

On the moor and in the wood,

In the lane,-there's not a place

Howsoever mean it be,

But 'tis good enough for thee.

 

William Wordsworth