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If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking

If I can stop one heart from breaking

Author: Emily Dickinson
Tune: CHARITY (Lutkin)
Published in 6 hymnals

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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.

Source: Singing the Living Tradition #292

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Author: Emily Dickinson

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First Line: If I can stop one heart from breaking
Title: If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
Author: Emily Dickinson
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Singing the Living Tradition #292

Singing the Living Tradition #292
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