Emily Dickinson

Dec. 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886

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If I can stop one heart from breaking...

by Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

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Poems
Copyright 1890
Little, Brown, And Company, Boston
 

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