Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Emily Dickinson: Life

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.

What interested scholars most,
What competitions ran
When Plato was a certainty,
And Sophocles a man;
Expound the skies

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