Daily Poetry Readings

Part 141 of a daily series of readings of his favourite poetry by Dr Iain McGilchrist, author of The Master and His Emissary. Today's poem is 'There Came a Wind...' by Emily Dickinson.
Please subscribe to this channel to be notified of the next reading.
For updates on Iain's upcoming new platform go to channelmcgilch...
~ 'There Came a Wind...' by Emily Dickinson ~
There came a wind like a bugle;
It quivered through the grass,
And a green chill upon the heat
So ominous did pass
We barred the windows and the doors
As from an emerald ghost;
The doom’s electric moccasin
That very instant passed.
On a strange mob of panting trees,
And fences fled away,
And rivers where the houses ran
Those looked that lived-that Day-
The bell within the steeple wild
The flying tidings whirled.
How much can come
And much can go,
And yet abide the world!