Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Emily Dickinson
1830 to 1886
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Because I could not stop for Death –
He stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just –
And Immortality.
We slowly drove – He knew haste
And I had put away
My labor and 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 the Setting Sun –
Or rather – He passed –
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
Cornice – in the Ground –
Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –