Lyrics or Keywords
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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Composer
Michael Larkin
Lyricist
Emily Dickinson
Representation
Female
Tags
Theme(s)
Comfort
Grief
Tradition(s)
Secular
Language(s)
English
Musicality
Instrumentation
Piano
Voicing
SATB
Rote
✖
Solo
✖
Music
Publisher
Belwin-Mills
Copy type
Octavo