"The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line."
— An Essay on Man

January 1, 1970

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PoetryWorks by Alexander Pope
Original Language: English

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Line 217; comparable with: "Much like a subtle spider which doth sit / In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide; / If aught do touch the utmost thread of it, / She feels it instantly on every side", John Davies, The Immortality of the Soul