by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
The Mind lives on the Heart
Language: English
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.
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Bolts of Melody, first published 1945 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Daniel Rogers Pinkham (1923 - 2006), "The mind lives on the heart", published 1963 [ SSAA chorus and piano or chamber orchestra ], from An Emily Dickinson Mosaic [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 33