Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Emily Dickinson
1830 to 1886
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Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
For His Civility –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
We paused before a House that seemed
Or rather – He passed Us –
And Immortality.
My labor and my leisure too,
My Tippet – only Tulle –
Because I could not stop for Death –
We passed the School, where Children strove
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –
And I had put away
At Recess – in the Ring –
A Swelling of the Ground –
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
Were toward Eternity –
Feels shorter than the Day
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
He kindly stopped for me –