 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"?  Poems - 119. oldalszerző: Emily Dickinson - 1890 - 152 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1891 - 416 oldal
...how evident may be judged from the following characteristic example of Miss Dickinson's work : " I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was Iain In an adjoining room. " He questioned softly why I failed ? ' For beauty,' I replied. ' And I... | |
 | 1891 - 1038 oldal
...that leaves all experience behind : I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When OTIC who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room....kinsmen met a night, We talked between the rooms, I'mil the moss had reached our lips, And covered up our names. All that Puritan longing for sincerity,... | |
 | William Valentine Kelley - 1911 - 440 oldal
...in her nest The cautious grave exposes. Who but Emily Dickinson would ever have written this? — I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb When one who died for truth was laid In an adjoining room. He questioned softly why I failed. "For beauty," I replied. "And I for truth... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1912 - 702 oldal
...rank, with even feet And uniforms of snow. 1891. I DIED FOR BEAUTY lCopyright, by Martha GD Bianchi] I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb...who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room. 534 He questioned softly why I (ailed: ; "For beauty," I replied. "And I for truth— the two are one;... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1907 - 328 oldal
...every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled ; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. I died for beauty, but was scarce adjusted in the tomb,...two are one ; we brethren are ; " he said. And so as kinsman met at night, we talked between the rooms, Until the moss had reached our lips, and covered... | |
 | Conrad Aiken - 1922 - 378 oldal
...ceased to run, Till in a distant town, Towns on from mine— I sat me down; This was a dream. II 1 died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb,...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... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - 1925 - 664 oldal
...sacred emblems to partake, Thy consecrated bread to break, Taste thine immortal wine! BEAUTY AND TRUTH I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb,...who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room. And so, as kinsmen met a night, We talked between the rooms, Until the moss had reached our lips And... | |
 | Conrad Aiken - 1927 - 390 oldal
...ceased to 'run, Till in a distant town, Towns on from mine — I sat me down ; This was a dream. I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb,...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.... | |
 | Pamela Grey - 1928 - 272 oldal
...Under their God-like Leaders, in the Cause Of God and his Messiah. Milton, "Paradise Lost" bk. ii. I DIED for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was laid In an adjoining room. He questioned softly why I failed ? "For beauty," I replied. "And I for... | |
 | Carl van Doren - 1925 - 372 oldal
...to say, with Keats, that "beauty is truth, truth beauty," she invents a story to make her point : I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb,...adjoining room. He questioned softly why I failed? "For beauty,1' I replied. "And I for truth, — the two are one; We brethren are," he said. And so, as kinsmen... | |
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