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Because I could not stop for Death

Recite the whole poem "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
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Because I could not stop for Death -
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He kindly stopped for me -
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The Carrige held but just Ourselves -
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And Immortality.
 
 
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We slowly drove - He knew no haste
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And I had put away
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My labor and my leisure too,
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For His Civility -
 
 
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We passed the School, where Children strove
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At Recess - in the Ring -
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We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain -
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We passed the Setting Sun -
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Or rather - He passed Us -
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The dews drew quivering and Chill -
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For only Gossamer, my Gown -
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My Tippet - only Tulle -
 
 
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We paused before a House that seemed
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A Swelling of the Ground -
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The Roof was scarcely visible -
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The Cornice - in the Ground -
 
 
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Since then - 'tis Centuries - and yet
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Feels shorter than the Day
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I first surmised the Horses' Heads
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Were toward Eternity -
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