Because I could not stop for Death

艾米丽•狄金森

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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 ---