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
"I could not stop for death," the character says. "He kindly stopped for me this time only three beats, not four." The speaker has chosen whether to stop maybe, or maybe we just can't. In either case though, we say, not you. Not now. Death. Leave us alone.
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