Thursday, May 5, 2022

Emily Dickinson: "I Died for Beauty"

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, - the two are one;

we brethren are", he said.


And so, as kinsmen met a night,

we talked between the rooms,

until the moss has reached our lips,

and covered up our names.



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