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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Nr.	Verse
1	Because I could not stop for Death -
2	He kindly stopped for me -
3	The Carrige held but just Ourselves -
4	And Immortality.

5	We slowly drove - He knew no haste
6	And I had put away
7	My labor and my leisure too,
8	For His Civility -

9	We passed the School, where Children strove
10	At Recess - in the Ring -
11	We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain -
12	We passed the Setting Sun -
13	Or rather - He passed Us -
14	The dews drew quivering and Chill -
15	For only Gossamer, my Gown -
16	My Tippet - only Tulle -

17	We paused before a House that seemed
18	A Swelling of the Ground -
19	The Roof was scarcely visible -
20	The Cornice - in the Ground -

21	Since then - 'tis Centuries - and yet
22	Feels shorter than the Day
23	I first surmised the Horses' Heads
24	Were toward Eternity -

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