1951

I Felt a Cleavage in my Mind

Composed by Otto Luening

Nine Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson Song Collection

"I Felt a Cleavage in my Mind" is the sixth song of Otto Luening's Nine Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson.

Text

I Felt a Cleavage in my Mind
by Emily Dickinson

I felt a cleavage in my mind
As if my brain had split;
I tried to match it seam by seam,
But could not make it fit.

The thought behind I strove to join
Unto the thought before
But sequence ravelled out of reach
Like balls upon a floor.

Sheet Music

Nine Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson

Otto Luening
1. Our Share of Night to Bear
2. The Show is Not the Show
3. Hope is the Thing with Feathers
4. If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
5. Experiment to Me
6. I Felt a Cleavage in my Mind
7. Few Yet Enough
8. Soul, Wilt Thou Toss Again?
9. When I Hoped, I Feared
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