The Lost Thought

Emily Dickinson

1830 to 1886

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Track 1

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

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