Poems by Emily Dickinson: VI ("If I can stop one heart")

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

by Emily Dickinson

VI

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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