Because I could not stop for death

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because I could not stop for death

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 –

---

“Cadillac Hearse” by Sarah Gath is licensed under CC BY 2.0

date retrieved: 10/22/17