...Citadel - thé points of leaves and twigs on which thé Spider begins her work are few and she fills thé Air with a beautiful circuiting: man should be content with as few points to tip with thé fine Webb of his Soûl and weave a tapestry empyrean - full of Symbols for his spiritual eye,...

...called knowledge — Many have original minds who do not think it — they are led away by Custom — Now it appears to me that almost any Man may like...circuiting: man should be content with as few points to tip the fine Webb of his Soul and weave a tapestry empyrean-full of Symbols for his spiritual eye, of softness...

...souls, their gift, to find the glitter in what we leave behind. Arachne The points of leaves anil twigd on which the Spider begins her work are few, And she fills the Air with a beautiful circuiting. —JOHN KEATS The points of leaves and twigs are thick with new green, sprouting from the apple tree,...

...moment of time ; and he can reason about the matter so subtly and in such eloquent prose as this : Now it appears to me that almost any man may, like...be content with as few points to tip with the fine web of his soul, and weave a tapestry empyrean — full of symbols for his spiritual eye, of softness...

...poetry less a vision of life-fulfilment than a refuge from everyday trials and sorrows. He opined that " any man may, like the spider, spin from his own inwards his own airy citadel." Doubtless ; but when he went on to declare his belief that a citadel so spun was an " objective " creation,...