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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

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Because I Could Not Stop for Death

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Emily Dickinson·1830–1886
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e kindly stopped for me;The carriage held but just ourselvesAnd Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste,And I had put awayMy labor, and my leisure too,For his civility. We passed the school where children played,Their lessons scarcely done;We passed the fields of gazing grain,We passed the setting sun. We paused before a house that seemedA swelling of the ground;The roof was scarcely visible,The cornice but a mound. Since then 't is centuries; but eachFeels shorter than the dayI first surmised the horses' headsWere toward eternity.
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