I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain

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2- and when they all… Going numb

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And when they all were seated,
A Service, like a Drum -
Kept beating - beating - till I thought
My mind was going numb -

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3- and then I heard them lift… Began to toll

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And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul
With those same Boots of Lead, again,
Then Space - began to toll,

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4- as all the Heavens…here-

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As all the Heavens were a Bell,
And Being, but an Ear,
And I, and Silence, some strange Race,
Wrecked, solitary, here -

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5 - and then a Plank in Reason… -then-

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And then a Plank in Reason, broke,
And I dropped down, and down -
And hit a World, at every plunge,
And Finished knowing - then -

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I felt a

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Funeral, in my Brain,

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And Mourners

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to and fro

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Kept treading

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• treading till it seemed / that Sense was breaking through

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And when they all

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were seated,

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A Service ,

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Like a Drum

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Kept beating

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• beating - till I thought / My mind was going numb -

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And then I heard them

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lift a Box

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And creak

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across my Soul

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With those same

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Boots of Lead, again,

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Then Space -

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began to toll,

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As all the

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Heavens were a Bell,

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And being,

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but an Ear,

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And I, and

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Silence, some strange Race,

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Wrecked,

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solitary, here -

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And then a Plank

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In Reason, broke ,

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And I dropped

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down , and down -

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And hit

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a World , at every plunge,

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And Finished

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knowing - then -

Question 23

1- I felt a funeral…breaking through

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I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading - treading - till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through -