418 "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
The History of Literature
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I Could Not Stop for Death
Emily's mind was amazing. And her life too, she was pretty amazing. Although in terms of being amazing, nobody tops the queen. I talked to a man the other day who's 90. Who has time to stop for death? Capital d when we are so busy living with that beating heart. But what else? Come on, you're ahead of me already. It's a heart beat, a heart beating. Because we're not called back yet,. nor is the speaker not at rest, still alive, still doing things, unable to stop forDeath.
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