Lyrics by poet Emily Dickinson Arrangement ©2026 Meltonian Physics Performed by Magena 'Cause I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me We slowly drove, he knew no haste And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too For his civility Can't stop for Death We passed the school where children played Their lessons scarcely done We passed the fields of gazing grain We passed the setting sun 'Cause I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality Immortality We paused before a house that seemed A swelling of the ground The roof was scarcely visible The cornice but a mound Can't stop for Death Since then 'tis centuries; but each Feels shorter than the day I first surmised the horses' heads Facing eternity Eternity 'Cause I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality Immortality
