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
For a Souvenir --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1226. The Popular Heart is a Cannon first --
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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