Our souls sit close and silently within, And their own web from their …

John Dryden
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Our souls sit close and silently within, And their own web from their own entrails spin; And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such, That, spider-like, we feel the tenderest touch. ✨ John Dryden (2014). Marriage A-La-Mode, p.47, A&C Black
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Our souls sit close and silently within, And their own web from their own entrails spin; And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such, That, spider-like, we feel the tenderest touch. ✨ John Dryden (2014). Marriage A-La-Mode, p.47, A&C Black

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