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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part One: Life

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.