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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 labour, and my leisure too For His Civility -- We passed the school, where children played, At wrestling in a ring We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun. 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; but each Feels shorter than the day I first surmised the horses' heads Were toward eternity.
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- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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Poiché non potevo fermarmi per la morte -- fu Lei, gentile, a fermarsi per me -- La carrozza portava noi due soltanto -- e l'Immortalità. Procedevamo lenti - Lei non aveva fretta, e io avevo rinunciato al lavoro e allo svago per la Sua cortesia -- Superammo la scuola dove i bimbi giocavano Alla lotta, tutti in cerchio Superammo i campi di stupito frumento Superammo il sole al tramonto - Poi sostammo davanti a una casa, un gonfiore del terreno, alla vista, appena visibile il tetto, l' architrave nient'altro che un tumulo Sono passati i secoli da allora - ma ognuno a me pare più breve del giorno in cui compresi che le teste dei cavalli procedevano verso l'eternità -
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"Because I could not stop for death" = "Poiché non potevo fermarmi per la morte"
"Because I would not stop for Death" = "Poiché non avrei voluto fermarmi per la morte"
"Immortality" = "L'immortalità"
"The chariot" = "La carrozza"
Note: here is a translation of the three stanzas that appear in another version after the first two stanzas:
Superammo la scuola dove i bimbi giocavano in cerchio - nell'intervallo - Superammo i campi di stupito frumento Superammo il sole al tramonto - O piuttosto fu lui a superarci, e calò la rugiada con un brivido gelido - Ché era solo di garza la mia veste e solo di tulle la mantellina. Poi sostammo davanti a una casa, un gonfiore del terreno, alla vista, appena visibile il tetto, l' architrave a livello di terra.
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- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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