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.
We passed the school where children played,
Their lessons scarcely done;
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.
I believe it is significant that children are so prominent in this poem. Emily Dickinson being a recluse from life still had time to pass out candy to the neighborhood children. ' The Lady In White' was a great poetess, one of the best in American literature.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
what this poem is about
Its about the person telling about their death journey