Because I Could Not Stop for Death Lyrics

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