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    Emily Dickinson – Because I could not stop for Death (479)

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Because I could not stop for Death (479)

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 strove
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 - and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity -
 
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Porque no pude detenerme ante la muerte

Porque no pude detenerme ante la muerte,
amablemente ella se detuvo ante mí;
el carruaje solo nos encerraba a nosotros
y a la inmortalidad.
 
Condujimos lentamente, ella no sabe de apuros;
y por su cortesía debí abandonar
mis labores e incluso
mis ratos de ocio.
 
Pasamos por la escuela donde jugaban los niños
Sus lecciones apenas concluidas;
pasamos frente a los campos de pastoreo
y ante el sol que se ponía,
 
Nos detuvimos ante una casa que parecía
una hinchazón de la tierra;
su techo, solo visible,
su cornisa, apenas un montículo.
 
Desde entonces han pasado siglos;
pero cada uno parece más corto
que el día en que anuncié por vez primera
que las cabezas de los caballos
apuntaban hacia la eternidad.
 
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