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11Because I could not stop for Death --Because I could not stop for Death --
22He kindly stopped for me --He kindly stopped for me --
33The carriage held but just ourselves --The carriage held but just ourselves --
44and Immortality.and Immortality.
55
66We slowly drove -- he knew no haste,We slowly drove -- he knew no haste,
77And I had put awayAnd I had put away
88My labour, and my leisure tooMy labour, and my leisure too
99For His Civility --For His Civility --
1010
1111We passed the school, where children played,We passed the School, where Children
1212 At wrestling in a ringAt Recess -- in the Ring --
1313We passed the fields of gazing grain,We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain --
1414We passed the setting sun.We passed the Setting Sun --
1515
1616We paused before a house that seemedOr rather -- He passed Us --
1717a swelling of the ground;The Dews drew quivering and chill --
1818The roof was scarcely visible,For only Gossamer, my Gown --
1919The cornice but a mound.My Tippet -- only Tulle --
2020
2121Since then 'tis centuries; but eachWe paused before a House that seemed
2222Feels shorter than the dayA Swelling of the Ground --
2323I first surmised the horses' headsThe Roof was scarcely visible --
24The Cornice -- in the Ground --
25
26Since then 'tis centuries; but each
27Feels shorter than the day
28I first surmised the horses' heads
2429Were toward eternity.Were toward eternity.

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