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Walt Whitman - 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.

Added: on April 19th, 2006 at 2:42 PM | Viewed: 13831 times | Comments and analysis of A Noiseless Patient Spider. by Walt Whitman Comments (12)


A Noiseless Patient Spider. - Comments and Information

Poet: Walt Whitman
Poem: 10. A Noiseless Patient Spider.
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 18. Whispers of Heavenly Death
Year: Published/Written in 1900
Poem of the Day: Dec 25 2004

Comment 12 of 12, added on October 3rd, 2007 at 11:24 AM.

I'm hoping to incorporate this poem into my wedding vows on October 11th 2007. As my fiance & I share a 'thing' for anchors.. he wanted the 'anchor' incorporated into the ceremony. I researched poems & found Walt Whitman's'.
It is also a clever analogy, I think for human/personal relationships... and particulary appropriate to my relationship. The 'anchor' was the first gift he gave me, on our 2nd meeting; he wears one himself.

"... 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."

Amanda J Burchell (m. Mike D. Cook: 11th October 2007)

BTW: Mike & I are both 50 years old... never too old! lol

Amanda Burchell from Australia
Comment 11 of 12, added on April 20th, 2006 at 10:16 AM.

thanks i needed this for homework it was pretty good

filip from United States
Comment 10 of 12, added on April 19th, 2006 at 2:42 PM.

yo yo yo i like this a lot i love it. It is one of the best pomes that i had read

cody from United States

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