The brain is wider than the sky, For, put them side by side, The one the other will include 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, lift them, pound for pound, And they will differ, if they do, As syllable from sound.
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- “The Brain,” Poems: Third Series (1896), Life XLIII; edited by Mabel Loomis Todd; Read full twelve-line poem and linked edition title page identifying1896RobertsBrothers second edition. Preserves early edition punctuation and wording, not modern editorial dash version. Complete public-domain poem. U
- “The Brain,” Poems: Third Series (1896), Life XLIII; edited by Mabel Loomis Todd
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