Emily Dickinson

10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts

The Brain, Within Its Groove

556

The Brain, within its Groove
Runs evenly—and true—
But let a Splinter swerve—
'Twere easier for You—

To put a Current back—
When Floods have slit the Hills—
And scooped a Turnpike for Themselves—
And trodden out the Mills—
134 Total read