I felt a cleavage in my mind

I felt a [cleavage]1 in my mind
As if my brain had split;
I tried to match it seam by seam,
But could not make it fit.

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

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title, from Poems by Emily Dickinson, published 1896

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Michael M. Horvit (1932-) , "I felt a cleavage in my mind", published 1970 [soprano and piano], from Three Songs of Elegy, no. ?
by Sergius Kagen (1909-1964) , "I felt a cleavage in my mind", published 1956 [voice, clarinet or chamber orchestra], from The Mob Within the Heart, no. ?
by Otto Luening (1900-1996) , "I felt a cleavage", published 1961 [medium voice and piano], from Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson, no. ?

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