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.

Emily Dickenson is now a well-known author, yet during her lifetime she was  a recluse for nearly entire life.  She wrote hundreds of poems, full of hope and magic, and all while living in the same room of her parents house.  She lived from 1830 to 1886.

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