"I died for beauty but was scarce Adjusted……" — 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, 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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Emily Dickinson
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362 Quotes by Emily Dickinson
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