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Live Stream: The first Day’s Night had come by Emily Dickinson

Written by Rachael Norris, 29th September 2020

For today's Shared Reading live stream, Head of Publications at The Reader, Grace Frame, reads The first Day's Night had come by Emily Dickinson.

https://www.facebook.com/thereaderorg/videos/1279103355771181

The first Day's Night had come—
And grateful that a thing
So terrible—had been endured—
I told my Soul to sing—

She said her Strings were snapt—
Her Bow—to Atoms blown—
And so to mend her—gave me work
Until another Morn—

And then—a Day as huge
As Yesterdays in pairs,
Unrolled its horror in my face—
Until it blocked my eyes—

My Brain—begun to laugh—
I mumbled—like a fool—
And tho' 'tis Years ago—that Day—
My Brain keeps giggling—still.

And Something's odd—within—
That person that I was—
And this One—do not feel the same—
Could it be Madness—this?

Emily Dickinson

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