In this poem, death is not personified as something scary like the usual "grim reaper" view of death. Instead, death is shown as a very nice companion -- maybe even a suitor of the woman who is speaking.
Death takes the speaker for a nice carriage ride. He even brings along a chaperone (Immortality). They do not go to anywhere horrible or scary or supernatural. Instead, they just pass by regular sights like a schoolyard. The only thing that is the least bit chilling is that they end up at her new home (it's a grave, but it's not really shown that way).
So Death is personified in a pretty benign way in this poem.
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