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Poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


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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.



Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's other poems:
  1. Superiority to Fate
  2. Hope (Hope is a subtle glutton)
  3. The Forgotten Grave
  4. Forbidden Fruit. I
  5. I Think Just How My Shape Will Rise


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