Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANSWER TO WORDSWORTH'S SONNET AGAINST KENDAL AND BOWNESS RAILWAY, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The hour may come, nay must in these our days Last Line: Nor lose one dream for all their homely gain. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Railroads; Wordsworth, William (1770-1850); Railways; Trains | ||||||||
THE hour may come, nay must in these our days, When the swift steam-car with the cata'ract's shout Shall mingle its harsh roll, and motley rout Of multitudes these mountain echoes raise. But Thou, the Patriarch of these beauteous ways, Canst never grudge that gloomy streets send out The crowded sons of labour, care, and doubt, To read these scenes by light of thine own lays. Disordered laughter and encounters rude The Poet's finer sense perchance may pain, But many a glade and nook of solitude For quiet walk and thought will still remain, Where He those poor intruders can elude, Nor lose one dream for all their homely gain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RAILWAY by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON WHAT WE DID TO WHAT WE WERE by PHILIP LEVINE BURYING GROUND BY THE TIES by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH WAY-STATION by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH TWILIGHT TRAIN by EILEEN MYLES THE CAVEMAN ON THE TRAIN by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES |
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