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IX. Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart?
Love

IX. Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart?

March 25, 2017 benwdaltonImageLeave a comment

…then you should really have it checked out.

VI. If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
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VI. If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking

February 25, 2017February 23, 2017 benwdaltonAsideLeave a comment

VI.

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain.
If I can stop two hearts from breaking,
Or save 5 to 7 hearts
By inventing some sort of mechanical heart pump,
I shall not live in vain.

 

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One of Dickinson’s most famous.

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