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Quotation from Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson
“We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility.”
Because I could not stop for Death, Stanza 2 (Lines 5-8) (Poems, First Series, 1890 text)
The slow drive and the speaker's willing surrender of work and rest in return for Death's courtesy.
Citation: "We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility." — Emily Dickinson, Because I could not stop for Death, Stanza 2 (Lines 5-8) (Poems, First Series, 1890 text). (id because-i-could-not-stop-for-death-q2)
Portrait: Emily Dickinson daguerreotype, Unknown author, Public domain.
