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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How happy is the little Stone

That rambles in the Road alone,

And doesn't care about Careers

And Exigencies never fears—

Whose Coat of elemental Brown

A passing Universe put on,

And independent as the Sun

Associates or glows alone,

Fulfilling absolute Decree

In casual simplicity—