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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON A SPIDER CATCHING A FLY, by EDWARD TAYLOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou sorrow, venom elf Last Line: For joy. Subject(s): Flies; Insects; Puritans In Literature; Spiders; Bugs | |||
Thou sorrow, venom elf: Is this thy play, To spin a web out of thyself To catch a fly? For why? I saw a pettish wasp Fall foul therein, Whom yet thy whorl-pins did not clasp Lest he should fling His sting. But as afraid, remote Didst stand hereat And with thy little fingers stroke And gently tap His back. Thus gently him didst treat Lest he should pet, And in a froppish, waspish heat Should greatly fret Thy net. Whereas the silly fly, Caught by its leg Thou by the throat tookst hastily And hind the head Bite dead. This goes to pot, that not Nature doth call. Strive not above what strength hath got Lest in the brawl Thou fall. This fray seems thus to us. Hell's spider gets His entrails spun to whip-cords thus, And wove to nets, And sets. To tangle Adam's race In's stratagems To their destructions, spoiled, made base By venom things, Damned sins. But mighty, gracious Lord, Communicate Thy grace to break the cord, afford Us glory's gate And state. We'll nightingale sing like When perched on high In glory's cage, thy glory, bright, And thankfully, For joy. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EXHAUSTED BUG; FOR MY FATHER by ROBERT BLY PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BEETLE LIGHT; FOR DANIEL HILLEN by MADELINE DEFREES CLEMATIS MONTANA by MADELINE DEFREES THOMAS MERTON AND THE WINTER MARSH by NORMAN DUBIE GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: CHRIST'S REPLY by EDWARD TAYLOR GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: THE JOY OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIP RIGHTLY ATTENDED by EDWARD TAYLOR |
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