by Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death, We slowly drove, he knew no haste, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. 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 grew 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 but a mound. Since then 'tis centuries, and yet each Feels shorter than the day I first surmised the horses' heads Were toward eternity. | ||
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Spooky Poem
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