because i could not stop for death
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<u>because i could not stop for death,</u><p>
Because I could not stop for Death,<br>
He kindly stopped for me;<br>
The carriage held but just ourselves<br>
And Immortality.<p>
We slowly drove, he knew no haste,<br>
And I had put away<br>
My labor, and my leisure too,<br>
For his civility.<p>
We passed the school where children played,<br>
Their lessons scarcely done;<br>
We passed the fields of gazing grain,<br>
We passed the setting sun.<p>
We paused before a house that seemed<br>
A swelling of the ground;<br>
The roof was scarcely visible,<br>
The cornice but a mound.<p>
Since then 't is centuries; but each<br>
Feels shorter than the day<br>
I first surmised the horses' heads<br>
Were toward eternity.<br><br><br>
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