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A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman

7/6/2008 1:55:23 AM
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(1819-1892)
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A Noiseless Patient Spider
 
 
A NOISELESS, patient spider,
I mark'd, where, on a little promontory, it stood, isolated;
Mark'd how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding,
It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself;
Ever unreeling them--ever tirelessly speeding them.

And you, O my Soul, where you stand,
Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,--seeking the spheres, to
connect them;
Till the bridge you will need, be form'd--till the ductile anchor
hold;
Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul. 10

Walt Whitman


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Michael Graham (5/5/2007 8:56:00 AM)
in Whitman's day the mind worked silently. Today we seek our soul knowledge amid the noises of the machine and advertising age. Good luck! Try to stand at the open barn door with Walt, gazing upon cows and horses. Then your soul will come whispering.
Robert Howard (11/2/2006 9:17:00 AM)
This wonderful and elegant poem illustrates the invisible filaments of our minds reaching for connections with a world so difficult to grasp. Like the spider we need to connect to survive.

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