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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 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; but each Feels shorter than the day I first surmised the horses' heads Were toward eternity.
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Set in a modified version by Fania Chapiro, Aaron Copland, Sergius Kagen, Gary Bachlund, John Coolidge Adams, Leslie Crabtree, Tim Silva, Charles Jason Bechtold, Ernst Bacon.
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- FRI Frisian (Geart van der Meer) , title unknown, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Geart van der Meer) , title unknown, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-16
Line count: 24
Word count: 126
Ik kon niet stoppen voor de Dood, Dus minzaam stopte Hij voor mij; In 't rijtuig zaten wij alleen, Met nog Onsterflijkheid erbij. Wij reden langzaam -- haast had Hij Niet echt, en alles wat ik deed, Omdat het moest of uit plezier, Dat staakte ik uit hoffelijkheid. Daar was de school, met op het plein De kinderen in 't speelkwartier. Akkers voorbij, met starend graan, En laag de zon in 't avonduur. Of liever, die kwam ons voorbij -- Hoe kil de dauw die nu opsteeg -- Van herfstdraad slechts was mijn japon -- Van dunne tule slechts mijn kraag. Wij hielden voor een huis, het leek Een ronding in het gras -- Nauw zichtbaar was ook slechts het dak -- De daklijst overgroeid met gras. Sindsdien verstreken eeuwen reeds -- Maar elk voelt korter dan de tijd Toen ik aan elke paardenkop Zag: dit ging richting Eeuwigheid.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
This text was added to the website: 2013-09-16
Line count: 24
Word count: 142