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A noiseless patient spider

Author: Walt Whitman Year: 1868 Length: 249 characters Difficulty: demanding Public domain

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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.

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Whitman first printed these lines in 1868 and later gave them their own place in Leaves of Grass. He kept enlarging that book from 1855 until the last edition of 1891 and 1892. The contracted spellings mark'd and launch'd are his own, used to control the beat of the line. Project Gutenberg carries the complete Leaves of Grass.

About this text

Whitman first printed these lines in 1868 and later gave them their own place in Leaves of Grass. He kept enlarging that book from 1855 until the last edition of 1891 and 1892. The contracted spellings mark'd and launch'd are his own, used to control the beat of the line. Project Gutenberg carries the complete Leaves of Grass.

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One word repeats three times in a row here, which makes it a neat test of whether your fingers keep count.

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