I died for beauty, but was scarce

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1. I died for beauty, but was scarce
2. Adjusted in the tomb,
3. When one who died for truth was lain
4. In an adjoining room.
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6. He questioned softly why I failed?
7. "For beauty," I replied.
8. "And I for truth, -- the two are one;
9. We brethren are," he said.
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11. And so, as kinsmen met a night,
12. We talked between the rooms,
13. Until the moss had reached our lips,
14. And covered up our names.