艾米莉·狄金森，1830年12月10日生于马萨诸塞州阿默斯特镇，1886年5月15日去世。她20岁开始写诗，早期的诗大都已散失。1858年后闭门不出，70年代后几乎不出房门，文学史上称她为“阿默斯特的女
《因为我
Because I could not stop for Death  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 S ...