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Because I Could Not Stop For Death

Because I could not stop for Death—

He kindly stopped for me—

The Carriage held but just Ourselves—

And Immortality.

 

We slowly drove—He knew no haste 

And I had put away 

My labor and my leisure too, 

For His Civility—

We passed the School, where Children strove 

At Recess—in the Ring— 

We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain— 

We passed the Setting Sun— 

Or rather—He passed us— 

The Dews drew quivering and chill— 

For only Gossamer, my Gown— 

My Tippet—only Tulle— 

We paused before a House that seemed 

A Swelling of the Ground—

The Roof was scarcely visible—

The Cornice—in the Ground—

Since then—'tis Centuries—and yet 

Feels shorter than the Day 

I first surmised the Horses' Heads 

Were toward Eternity—

~ Emily Dickinson