The Mind
The popular Heart is a
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
The popular Heart is a
Cannon first,
Subsequent a drum;
Bells for an auxiliary
And an afterward of rum.
Not a to-morrow to know its name,
Nor a past to stare,
Ditches for realms and
A trip to jail
For a souvenir!
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Dickinson, Emily. “The popular Heart is a.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/589/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “The popular Heart is a.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/589/.
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