II. THE SPIDER.

FROM out its womb it weaves with care

Its web beneath the roof;

Its wintry web it spreadeth there--

Wires of ice its woof.

And doth it weave against the wall

Thin ropes of ice on high?

And must its little liver all

The wondrous stuff supply?

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