I mark’d where on a little promontory
It stood isolated,
Mark’d how to explore the
Vacant vast surrounding,
It launched forth filament,
Filament, filament out of itself,
Ever unreeling them,
Ever tirelessly speeding them.
And you, o my soul, where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in
Measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing,
Throwing, seeking the spheres
To connect them,
Till the bridge you will need
Be form’d, till the ductile
Anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling
Catch somewhere,
O my soul
(Walt Whitman)