Poems (Series 1) / by Emily Dickinson [electronic text]
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Poems (Series 1) / by Emily Dickinson [electronic text]
Author
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Publication
Boston: Roberts Brothers
1891
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I DIED for beauty, but was scarceAdjusted in the tomb,When one who died for truth was lainIn an adjoining room.
He questioned softly why I failed?"For beauty," I replied."And I for truth,— the two 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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