I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, And Mourners to and fro Kept treading – treading...

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 –