I Felt a Funeral in My Brain - Emily dickinson poem reading - Jordan harling reads

Poetry reading of I felt a Funeral in my Brain by Emily Dickinson. Classic poem readings uploaded at midday (UK) every day. ----------------------------------------------- Find more poetry you'll love by subscribing to Jordan Harling Reads - ****** Follow Jordan Harling Reads on Twitter: ****** ----------------------------------------------- Full poem text, public domain (also available in subtitles): I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, And Mourners to and fro Kept treading - treading - till it seemed That Sense was breaking through - And when they all were seated, A Service, like a Drum - Kept beating - beating - till I thought My mind was going numb - 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, As all the Heavens were a Bell, And Being, but an Ear, And I, and Silence, some strange Race, Wrecked, solitary, here - And then a Plank in Reason, broke, And I dropped down, and down - And hit a World, at every plunge, And Finished knowing - then - I felt a Funeral in my Brain - written by Emily Dickinson Narrated by Jordan Harling ----------------------------------------------- Background music: ****** String Quartet no. 3, Op. 29 - II. Largo molto ed espressivo - composed by Carl Georg Peter Grädener performed by Steve's Bedroom Band (CC BY 3.0) ----------------------------------------------- Author image: ****** See page for author [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons ----------------------------------------------- ...