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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…

The Soul’s Superior instants Occur to Her—alone— When friend—and Earth’s occasion Have infinite withdrawn— Or She—Herself—ascended To too remote a Height For lower Recognition Than Her Omnipotent— This Mortal Abolition Is seldom—but as fair As Apparition—subject To Autocratic Air— Eternity’s…

The Soul’s distinct connection With immortality Is best disclosed by Danger Or quick Calamity— As Lightning on a Landscape Exhibits Sheets of Place— Not yet suspected—but for Flash— And Click—and Suddenness.

The Soul unto itself Is an imperial friend— Or the most agonizing Spy— An Enemy—could send— Secure against its own— No treason it can fear— Itself—its Sovereign—of itself The Soul should stand in Awe—

The Soul that hath a Guest Doth seldom go abroad— Diviner Crowd at Home— Obliterate the need— And Courtesy forbid A Host’s departure when Upon Himself be visiting The Emperor of Men—

The Soul selects her own Society — Then — shuts the Door — To her divine Majority — Present no more — Unmoved — she notes the Chariots — pausing — At her low Gate — Unmoved — an Emperor…

The Soul has Bandaged moments— When too appalled to stir— She feels some ghastly Fright come up And stop to look at her— Salute her—with long fingers— Caress her freezing hair— Sip, Goblin, from the very lips The Lover—hovered—o’er— Unworthy,…

The sky is low, the clouds are mean, A travelling flake of snow Across a barn or through a rut Debates if it will go. A narrow wind complains all day How some one treated him; Nature, like us, is…

The Skies can’t keep their secret! They tell it to the Hills— The Hills just tell the Orchards— And they—the Daffodils! A Bird—by chance—that goes that way— Soft overhears the whole— If I should bribe the little Bird— Who knows…

The show is not the show, But they that go. Menagerie to me My neighbor be. Fair play– Both went to see.