Friends are an essential part of a person maturing. 1 A noiseless patient spider, 2 I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated, 3 Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surrounding, 4 It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself, 5 Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them. 6 And you O my soul where you stand, 7 Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space, 8 Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them, 9 Till the bridge you will need be form'd, till the ductile anchor hold, ...

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