Because I could not stop for Death─
He kindly stopped for me─
The Carriage held but just Ourselves─
And Immortality.

We slowly drove─ He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility─

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess─in the Ring─
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain─
We passed the Setting Sun─

Or rather─He passed Us─
The Dews drew quivering and chill─
For only Gossamer, my Gown─
My Tippet─only Tulle─

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground─
The Roof was scarcely visible─
The Cornice─in the Ground─

Since then─’tis Centuries─and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses’ Heads
Were toward Eternity─


﹝By Emily Dickson in 1863﹞

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這學期文學導讀課，我們從"詩"開始。

老實說，讀國外的詩跟讀文言文很像，就算每個單字都懂也不見得了解一句，
更別說有什麼涵義。

所以通常重要的詩老師會逐步帶著我們看。

今天就是上這一首。

我覺它的用字沒有很難，但喻意還不錯。

作者也是一位重要的詩人。

也許我離文學之路還挺遙遠的，但靠自己摸索也未嘗不是趣事。



言歸正傳，雖然自己一開始讀不大懂，但我喜歡它。