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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.



Artwork by: Adeshomi Africanos-Williams

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