I died for Beauty

Emily Dickinson


I died for Beauty—but was scarce

Adjusted in the tomb,

When One who died for Truth was lain

In an adjoining Room.

He questioned softly "Why I failed"?

"For Beauty," I replied—

"And I—for Truth-Themself are One—

We Brethren are," He said—

And so, as Kinsmen met a Night—

We talked between the Rooms—

Until the Moss had reached our lips—

And covered up—our names—


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