The Brain – is wider than the Sky –

For – put them side by side –

The one the other will contain

With ease – and You – beside –

 

The Brain is deeper than the sea –

For – hold them – Blue to Blue –

The one the other will absorb –

As Sponges – Buckets – do –

 

The Brain is just the weight of God –

For – Heft them – Pound for Pound –

And they will differ – if they do –

As Syllable from Sound

 

632, Emily Dickinson

c. 1862