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 ja
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 wad scarcely visible
The cornice - in the ground
Since then - tis centuries - and yet
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmied the horses heads
Were toward Eternity -
