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It actually does not come from a poem, but rather from a letter she wrote to a friend in, I believe, 1862.

The letter is to Mrs. Samuel Bowles on the occasion Mr. Bowles had to travel away from his wife. Emily wrote this letter to her. It says in part:

" When the Best is gone- I know that other things are not of consequence - the Heart wants what it wants - or else it does not care- You wonder why I write so- Because I cannot help..."

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