If I Can Stop
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.
- Emily Dickinson
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From:
Part One: Life: Dickinson, Emily. 1924. Complete Poems
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(Emily Dickinson Poetry)
The Given Heart