Sunday, February 6, 2011

“ 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,
I Died For Beauty