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Quotation from Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson

“We passed the school where children played, Their lessons scarcely done; We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun.”

Emily Dickinson (spoken by The speaker)

Because I could not stop for Death, Stanza 3 (Lines 9-12) (Poems, First Series, 1890 text)

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The carriage passes scenes that suggest childhood, maturity, and the end of life.

Citation: "We passed the school where children played, Their lessons scarcely done; We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun." — Emily Dickinson, Because I could not stop for Death, Stanza 3 (Lines 9-12) (Poems, First Series, 1890 text). (id because-i-could-not-stop-for-death-q3)

Portrait: Emily Dickinson daguerreotype, Unknown author, Public domain.

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