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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 6 of 446 · First Series: Life

Poem 6

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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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