If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking – David Evan Thomas
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Composer: David Evan Thomas
Text by: Emily Dickinson (v. 1, P.D.) Additional verses by the composer
Instrumentation: SAB mixed chorus and piano
Duration: approx. 3 minutes
Date Written: 2017
Premiere: StreetSong MN, Teri Larson and Bill Mathis, Directors, 11/19/17.
Text:
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 keep the river flowing,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can plant a tree (or two, or three)
And bring the rain
Or sow the seeds that hands
Will harvest as autumn grain
I shall not live in vain.
If I can care for those who need me,
and listen when they call;
If I can lend a hand to others,
help them stand tall,
And lift a voice for freedom,
justice and peace for all,
We’ll build a bridge, a human bridge
and so take down a wall.
Emily Dickinson, F. 982 (v. 1, 2)
David Evan Thomas (additional verses)