Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Pete Seeger
Canonical path: /pete-seeger/the-spider-s-web
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The Spider's Web
Read The Spider's Web lyrics by Pete Seeger on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Spider's Web
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[Original Title: Natural History]
The spider, dropping down from twig,
Unfolds a plan of her devising,
A thin premeditated rig
To use in rising.
And all that journey down through space,
In cool descent and loyal hearted,
She spins a ladder to the place
From where she started.
Thus I, gone forth as spiders do
In spider's web a truth discerning,
Attach one silken thread to you
For my returning.
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