Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –

from Emily Dickinson – Because I could not stop for Death (712) on Rap Genius

Meaning

She’s been dead for centuries but they feel shorter than the day she died.

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