A Noiseless, Patient Spider
	
words by Walt Whitman, 1819-1892,  now in the public domain
music © 1985 Jane Best
no intro; on background CD-hear  4 beats of A , then  enter on E 

    Amaj7  
A noiseless, patient spider,
   F#m7                             Bm7
I mark'd, where, on a little promontory, 
     E           F#m
it stood, isolated;
E7          A             
Mark'd how, to explore the vacant, 
             F#m
vast surrounding,
C#m                  F#m
It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, 
            C#m
out of itself;
            Bm
Ever unreeling them, 
                                     F#m
ever tirelessly speeding them.

       Amaj7         F#m F#m7
And you, O my Soul,     where you stand,
       Bm             E7
Surrounded, detached, 
                       A                          E
in measureless oceans of space,
                   F#m
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, 
                                   C#m
throwing,-- seeking the spheres,
                 Bm
     to connect them;
           Bm7                               F#m
Till the bridge you will need, be form'd,
                      Bm7
 till the ductile anchor    hold;
E                            F#m         C#m
   Till the gossamer thread you fling,
          D                           Amaj7
 catch somewhere, O my Soul.