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The Mind lives on the Heart The Mind lives on the Heart Like any Parasite — If that is full of Meat The Mind is fat. But if the Heart omit Emaciate the Wit — The Aliment of it So absolute. Poet:	The mob within the heart The mob within the heart Police cannot suppress The riot given at the first Is authorized as peace Uncertified of scene Or signified of sound But growing like a hurricane In a congenial... Poet:	The Popular Heart is a Cannon first — The Popular Heart is a Cannon first — Subsequent a Drum — Bells for an Auxiliary And an Afterward of Rum — Not a Tomorrow to know its name Nor a Past to stare — Ditches for Realms and a Trip to Jail... Poet:	This dirty — little — Heart This dirty — little — Heart Is freely mine. I won it with a Bun — A Freckled shrine — But eligibly fair To him who sees The Visage of the Soul And not the knees. Poet:
This heart that broke so long — This heart that broke so long — These feet that never flagged — This faith that watched for star in vain, Give gently to the dead — Hound cannot overtake the Hare That fluttered panting, here — Nor... Poet:	To break so vast a Heart To break so vast a Heart Required a Blow as vast — No Zephyr felled this Cedar straight — 'Twas undeserved Blast — Poet:	To H—— (Thy Friendship oft has made my heart to ake) To H Thy Friendship oft has made my heart to ake Do be my Enemy for Friendships sake Poet:	Unto a broken heart Unto a broken heart No other one may go Without the high prerogative Itself hath suffered too. Poet: