9. I Felt a Funeral in my Brain by Aaron Copland

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Uploaded by on Mar 31, 2011

This piece is from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson set to music by Aaron Copland. It is number 9. My sister and I performed all 12 in a recital on December 10th, 2010. If you would like to hear the entire set, the six she sings can be found on her page http://www.youtube.com/user/Chanteusette


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.

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