by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The spider holds a silver ball See original
Language: English
Our translations: GER
The Spider holds a Silver Ball In unperceived Hands -- And dancing softly to Himself His Yarn of Pearl -- unwinds -- He plies from Nought to Nought -- In unsubstantial Trade -- Supplants our Tapestries with His -- In half the period -- An Hour to rear supreme His Continents of Light -- Then dangle from the Housewife's Broom -- His sophistries -- forgot --
Composition:
- Set to music by Jules Langert (b. 1932), "The spider holds a silver ball", from Three Emily Dickinson Songs, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Bolts of Melody
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 57