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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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