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2.2.8.7: If I can stop one heart from breaking

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    If I can stop one heart from breaking

    If I can stop one heart from breaking License: Public Domain Emily Dickinson

    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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