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 labor and my leisure too, For His Civility -. (Emily Dickinson)

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 labor and my leisure too, For His Civility -.

Emily Dickinson

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