‘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 its nest again,
I shall not live in vain
I shall not live in vain
Love seeketh not itself to please
nor for itself has any care;
but for another gives its ease
and makes a heaven of hell’s despair
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 its nest again
I shall not live in vain
I shall not live in vain.
Emily Dickinson
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