I Shall Not Live in Vain Emily Dickenson and Robert Blake 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 Love seeketh not Itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair."