Emily
Dickinson’s Poems
R.
W. Franklin 1998 Edition
The
Spider as an Artist
Has
never been employed --
Though
his surpassing Merit
Is
freely certified
By
every Broom and Bridget
Throughout
a Christian Land --
Neglected
Son of Genius
I
take thee by the Hand --
606
The
spider holds a Silver Ball
In unperceived Hands--
And dancing softly to Himself
His Yarn of Pearl--unwinds--
He plies from Nought to Nought--
In unsubstantial Trade--
Supplants our Tapestries with His--
In half the period--
An Hour to rear supreme
His Continents of Light--
Then dangle from the Housewife's Broom--
His Boundaries--forgot—
In unperceived Hands--
And dancing softly to Himself
His Yarn of Pearl--unwinds--
He plies from Nought to Nought--
In unsubstantial Trade--
Supplants our Tapestries with His--
In half the period--
An Hour to rear supreme
His Continents of Light--
Then dangle from the Housewife's Broom--
His Boundaries--forgot—
1163
A
Spider sewed at Night
Without a Light
Opon an arc of White –
Without a Light
Opon an arc of White –
If
Ruff it was of Dame
Or Shroud of Gnome
Himself himself inform –
Or Shroud of Gnome
Himself himself inform –
Of
Immortality
His strategy
Was Physiognomy –
His strategy
Was Physiognomy –
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