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 We had to put away Your labor and my leisure too For his civility ♪ We passed the school where children strove At recess in the ring We passed the fields of grazing grain We passed the setting sun Or maybe it passed us Dews drew quivering and chill 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 'Tis then 'tis centuries and yet Feels shorter than the day I first surmised the horse's heads Were toward eternity