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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VILLAGE RAILROAD, by HARLAN J. LEACH
First Line: In lingering curve it lies across the town
Last Line: That knows the sea, the plain, the mountain pine.
Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains
First Line: In lingering curve it lies across the town
Last Line: That knows the sea, the plain, the mountain pine.
Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains
In lingering curve it lies across the town,
Then levels off as if in glad good-bye
To guarded crossings, flicker-lights; and down
South to the bigger towns, straight as a die.
The village folk are glad to see a train,
Admiring hosts to such impatient guest.
They like its hustling, clamorous refrain,
The sweaty steam-box; wheels that seldom rest.
Although, for some who cannot jaunt away,
Those parting blasts enhance a loneliness
Not known to one who's never had to stay
Forever settled. Yet these folk progress:
Their wares are taken swiftly down a line
That knows the sea, the plain, the mountain pine.
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