COBWEBS

Between me and the rising sun,
This way and that the cobwebs run;
Their myriad wavering lines of light
Dance up the hill and out of sight.

There is no land possesses half
So many lines of telegraph
As those the spider-elves have spun
Between me and the rising sun.
               -E. L. M. King
                from Golden Windows III
                Pathways to Reading
                1946