Because I could not stop for death
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And immortality
We drove slowly, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labour, 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 grew quivering and chill,
For only gossamer my gown,
My tippet only tulle.
We passed before a house that seemed
A swelling of the ground;
The roof was scarcely visible,
The cornice but a mound
Since then 'tis centuries, and yet each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses' heads
Were toward eternity.
A poem by Emily Dickinson.
Stephanie
21st December 2020
Thank you for setting up this memorial to Keith.
We hope that you find it a positive experience developing the site and that it becomes a place of comfort and inspiration for you to visit whenever you want or need to.
Sent by Lincolnshire Co-operative Ltd on 21/09/2020
I am I and you are you, whatever we were to each other that we still are.
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
Life means all that it ever meant, it is the same as it ever was.
Extract from a poem by Henry Scott Holland