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THE SPIDER. - ZaunköniG - 05.05.2009 THE SPIDER. If any of the Arachnean race, Fat and well-filled be near, let him beware Of thee, old Spider; with such stealthy pace That travellest through the frore autumnal air : So fierce a hunger drives thee from thy lair, To feed like Ugolino on thy kind; Rapine is all before thee ; and behind Thy broken web—that on its film doth bear Thick drops of cold uncomfortable dew, Like those which on the dying leaves are spread. The flies creep doors and window corners through; Gaunt are thy sides—no more by tree or shed, Can they that pensile citadel renew, In which thy gluttonous youth so full was fed. |