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The spider as an artist

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

The spider as an artist
  Has never been employed
Though his surpassing merit
  Is freely certified

By every broom and Bridget
  Throughout a Christian land.
Neglected son of genius,
  I take thee by the hand.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
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