I first surmised the horses' heads were toward eternity

 

Because I could not stop for Death– (479)

By Emily Dickinson

 

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 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 –

Έμιλι Ντίκινσον (1830-1856)- Βικιπαίδεια

(00:00:00​) Arnold Schoenberg - Gurre-Lieder, Pt. 1: Introduction (1900 - 1903, 1910 - 1911) Performance: Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa Painting: Isaac Levitan, Spring in Italy (1890)

 (00:06:56​) Sergey Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 1, Mvt. I (1916 - 1917) Performance: Solist, Maxim Vengerov & London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich

 (00:16:48​) Maurice Ravel - Introduction et Allegro pour harpe, flûte, clarinette et quatour à cordes (1905) Performance: Harp, Margit-Anna Suss; Violins, Gerhart Hetzel & Rainer Honeck; Viola, Wolfram Christ; Cello, Georg Faust; Flute, Wolfgang Schulz; Clarinet, Karl Leister

 (00:27:48​) Nikolai Roslavets - Nocturne for Quintet (1913) Performance: Soloists of Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (USSR)

 (00:35:00​) Bohuslav Martinů - String Quartet No. 1, Mvt. II (1918) Performance: Panocha Quartet Painting: Isaac Levitan, Over Eternal Peace (1894) 

(00:41:09​) Amy Beach - Nocturne (1924) Performance: Kirsten Johnson 

(00:44:52​) Heitor Villa-Lobos - String Quartet No. 1, Mvt. I (1946) Performance: Cuarteto Latinoamericano 

 (00:47:24​) Aleksandr Scriabin - Sonata No. 4, Mvt. I (1903?) Performance: Vladimir Ashkenazy 

(00:50:34​) Béla Bartók - Hungarian Sketches, No. 1: An Evening in the Village (1931) Performance: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Fritz Reiner Painting: Isaac Levitan, Golden Autumn (1895) 

 (00:53:15​) Lili Boulanger - Les sirènes (1911) Performance: Mezzo-soprano, Helene Schneiderman & Philharmonia Chor Stuttgart; Pianist, Émile Naoumoff 

(00:58:08​) Frederick Delius - North Country Sketches, No. 4: The March of the Spring (1913 - 1914) Performance: Orchestra of the National Welsh Opera, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras 

(01:06:10​) Claude Debussy - La Mer, Mvt. I (1903 - 1905, rev. 1908) Performance: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin