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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COLLOQUY, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I died for beauty, but was scarce Last Line: And covered up our names. Subject(s): Beauty; Death; Truth; Dead, The | |||
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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY |
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