If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking

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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 robin
Unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain.

If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking [Illustration by Anup Singh]
If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking [Illustration by Anup Singh]

52 words | 0 minutes
Readability: Grade 1 (6-7 year old children)
Based on Flesch–Kincaid readability scores

Filed under: poems
Tags: #heart

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