"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 passes the School, where Children strove
At recess - in the Ring -
We passes the Fields of Gazing Grain -
We passes 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 -

첫 연이 눈에 들어와서, 몇 번을 읽게 되다.
하지만, 왠지 사전을 찾아가면서 보기는 싫고..
몇 번이고 곱씹다보면, 언어가 아닌 다른 것으로 알게 될거라는, 얼토당토않은 믿음으로...
그냥 계속 읽는다.
뭐, 영영 모르게 되어도,
영어로 되어있던, 한글로 되어있던,
단어의 울림이 주는 느낌만으로도 충분히, 느껴낼 수 있음에...