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.
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.
Just sharing this poem by Emily Dickinson, one which I've loved since I was a child. It's really so short, but so well written. Whenever I read this it gives me the sense of being capable of steering my life to be meaningful. I hope it will give you the same feeling of hope. ♥
Photo credit: Imperial.edu (A mini-article about robins)
7 comments:
I'm not crazy about Dickinson's poetry, but her style is truly distinct: simple, but elegant in craftmanship and profound. Considering she didn't really have a formal education (I mean it's not like she went to college) and for a girl who was so sheltered that she didn't even venture 1 meter away from her house. :P And I think all she read was the Bible and "The Scarlet Letter?" Wow. Such depth of human experience reflected in so few lines. That's what's so memorable about her. :)
And actually, "memorable" isn't quite the word. "Impressive" or "amazing" is more like it. ;)
AAND, speaking of robins, there's a nice love poem I liked so much back in the day. Let me know what you think: http://beatifique.org/2009/04/end-of-aprilend-of-april/ -- It's "End of April" by Phillis Levin. :D
Oops sorry -- the correct URL is http://beatifique.org/2009/04/end-of-april/ XD I'll stop spamming, now!
Haha, that's okay. My blog is new, you're the first one to comment ;) And thank you for the link. Will check it now~
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[...] The poem title is quite timely, since it’s almost the end of April. This is purely unintentional, though. I was rummaging through my old blog’s entries, looking for that robin’s egg love poem I liked a lot, after commenting on Justine’s entry on a Dickinson poem. [...]
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