Because I could not stop for Death

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  Pretender Novice

  13 years ago
  Because I could not stop for Death
  by Emily Dickinson
  
  
  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 –

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