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<p><head>The Spider <del>Leaping</del> <add>swinging</add> in the wind</head></p> | |||
' | <p>I saw a spider swinging on the air<lb/> | ||
And said "Ambitious reptile! though repenteth<lb/> | |||
Our world<del>ly proud ones</del> <add>aspiring ones</add> – <del>for even which</del> <add><del>Their</del> Altho'</add> thou trembles<lb/> | |||
At every <del>breeze – thou</del> <add><del>With</del> gust still thou</add> canst not forbear<lb/> | |||
To mount aspiringly – for what? to fall<lb/> | |||
Humbled as other <del><gap/></del> <add>soarers</add> fall! –" but Lo!<lb/> | |||
I looked & saw a <unclear>film</unclear> minute & small<lb/> | |||
Which the <del><gap/></del> <add>shrewd</add> aspirant had scattered <add>suspended</add> so<lb/> | |||
That his retreat was <del>safe</del> <add>sure</add> – & then I said<lb/> | |||
Thou are <hi rend="underline">not</hi> who the <del>conquerers</del> <add>soarers</add> of the world<lb/> | |||
For thou – if from thy seat of glory hunted<lb/> | |||
Hast made thyself secure by this light thread<lb/> | |||
What from thy height will land thee safe again –<lb/> | |||
O thou art wiser <gap/> than <del><gap/></del> <add>prouder</add> men!</p> | |||
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The Spider Leaping swinging in the wind
I saw a spider swinging on the air
And said "Ambitious reptile! though repenteth
Our worldly proud ones aspiring ones – for even which Their Altho' thou trembles
At every breeze – thou With gust still thou canst not forbear
To mount aspiringly – for what? to fall
Humbled as other soarers fall! –" but Lo!
I looked & saw a film minute & small
Which the shrewd aspirant had scattered suspended so
That his retreat was safe sure – & then I said
Thou are not who the conquerers soarers of the world
For thou – if from thy seat of glory hunted
Hast made thyself secure by this light thread
What from thy height will land thee safe again –
O thou art wiser than prouder men!
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the spider swinging in the wind / birds drinking |
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sir john bowring |
[[watermarks::[partial lion with crown motif]]] |
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