English Poetry. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. The Brain Within Its Groove. Эмили Дикинсон.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (Эмили Дикинсон)

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The brain within its groove
Runs evenly and true;
But let a splinter swerve,
'T were easier for you
To put the water back
When floods have slit the hills,
And scooped a turnpike for themselves,
And blotted out the mills!

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson’s other poems:

1. Summer Shower
2. Psalm of the Day
3. The Sea of Sunset
4. The Outlet
5. New Feet within My Garden Go

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