Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, CompleteDickinson, Emily
poetry · Item 10
A reason to turn the page
To stop one heart from breaking—what price would you pay for a single kindness?
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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.