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Quotation from Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson
“Since then 't is centuries; but each Feels shorter than the day I first surmised the horses' heads Were toward eternity.”
Because I could not stop for Death, Stanza 5 (Lines 17-20) (Poems, First Series, 1890 text)
From beyond time the speaker looks back and realizes the journey's real direction.
Citation: "Since then 't is centuries; but each Feels shorter than the day I first surmised the horses' heads Were toward eternity." — Emily Dickinson, Because I could not stop for Death, Stanza 5 (Lines 17-20) (Poems, First Series, 1890 text). (id because-i-could-not-stop-for-death-q5)
Portrait: Emily Dickinson daguerreotype, Unknown author, Public domain.
