名人诗歌|Because I could not sTOP for Death

Emily Dickinson

Because I could not sTOP for Death，

He kindly^{1 sTOPped for me；}

The carriage held but just ourselves

And Immortality^2.

We slowly drove， he knew no haste，

And I had put away

My labor^{3， and my leisure too，}

For his civility.

We passed the school where children played，

Their lessons scarcely done；

We passed the fields of gazing grain，

We passed the setting sun.

We paused before a house that seemed

A swelling^{4 of the ground；}

The roof was scarcely visible，

The cornice but a mound^5.

Since then 't is centuries； but each

Feels shorter than the day

I first surmised^{6 the horses' heads}

Were toward eternity^7.