THE WEB OF LIFE

BY

ROBERT HERRICK


AUTHOR OF "THE GOSPEL OF FREEDOM," "THE MAN WHO WINS,"
"LITERARY LOVE-LETTERS AND OTHER STORIES"


TO G. R. C.


"_Hear from the spirit world this mystery:
Creation is summed up, O man, in thee;
Angel and demon, man and beast, art thou,
Yea, thou art all thou dost appear to be!_"




THE WEB OF LIFE




PART I