"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" By Emily Dickinson

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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 –

Roberts, Edgar V., and Robert Zweig. Literature: An Introduction to Reading and         Writing. Boston: Longman, 2012. Print. Emily Dickinson. Because I Could Not Stop for Death. Page 653-654. Spoken Verse. "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" By Emily Dickinson. Reading Video Clip. YouTube. 17 November 2009.