Lyric Poem · Kindness
If I can stop one Heart from breaking
by Emily Dickinson · 1890
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.
This poem is in the public domain.
“If I can stop one Heart from breaking” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/if-i-can-stop-one-heart-from-breaking
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