Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRAINS WHISTLING, by ELEANOR A. FAY


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TRAINS WHISTLING, by                    
First Line: Trains whistling in the night
Last Line: Moving steadily through the darkness.
Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains


Trains whistling in the night,
Rumbling and rushing through the darkness
To far away places,
Shrill, sharp whistles of freight trains
Pushed and pulled by puffing engines
That noisily jerk their ponderous loads
Up and down the mountains of our land,
Around the curves of lakes and valleys
And over the vast, flat western plains,
Carrying all sorts of things to widely separated peoples.

Trains whistling in the night,
Long, low whistles.
Cattle trains, with mute and anguished eyes
Peering pitifully into the blackness.
Mail trains bearing messages of heavy import
To hearts already burdened --
Messages of love and happiness
To homes where hope had died.
Passenger trains, smoothly speeding their human freight
To destinations, sometimes unexpected.
Trains, whistling, moving through the night,
Moving steadily through the darkness.





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