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.
~ Walt Whitman from “Leaves of Grass”
beautiful beads on a silk necklace. 🙂
Wonderful words – I have that poem somewhere…maybe time to read it again! Lovely photo – spiderwebs make the best photographs, especially in the early morning dew!
That looks like s string of pearls…