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Because I Could Not Stop for Death From Dickinson Songs, op. 1, for high voice and string trio Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) Sivert Ellingsen (1992 -) Pesante q = 80 mf non vibrato      Voice              Be - cause I could not stop for Death, He      Violin           ff p 3 3 3 3   Viola                          ff p mf    Violoncello               mf pizz.  ff p 4                kind - ly stopped for me;  The                3 mf 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                                       7                  ca-rriage held but just our - selves And                       3 3 3 3 3 3                                                   9 2             Im-mor-ta - li-ty.            6 6                   p                p arco 6 14  p          We                                                20                    slow-ly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put a - way My la-bour,and my       6                                     6 3 25  mp                lei - sure too, For his ci - vi - li - ty. We                            28                              passed the school where child-ren played, Their less -ons scarce-ly done; We     3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                      mp        mp pizz.  30                                 passed the fields of ga-zing grain, We passed the se -tting sun. We      3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3                                                  4 32                    paused be - fore a house that seemed A swel - ling of the ground; The                    3 3 3 3                                                 mf 34                                  roof was bare-ly vi-si-ble,The cor-nice but a mound. Since                           ff p 3 3 3                                               p ff                       p ff arco 38 rit.                                then'tis cen-tu-ries; but each Feels shor-ter than the day I first sur-mised the hor-ses'heads      3 3 3                         mf             mf pizz.  5 41 pp allargando  3 3               Were toward e - ter ni - ty.           pp          pp             pp 45 arco                          morendo ppp                       morendo ppp pppp                 morendo