The Heart is the Capital of the Mind --

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The Heart is the Capital of the Mind -- by Emily Dickinson

 The Heart is the Capital of the Mind --
The Mind is a single State --
The Heart and the Mind together make
A single Continent --

One -- is the Population --
Numerous enough --
This ecstatic Nation
Seek -- it is Yourself.

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