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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Faster than fairies, faster than witches Last Line: Each a glimpse and gone forever! Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Variant Title(s): A Child's Garden Of Verses: 37 | |||
Faster than fairies, faster than witches, Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches; And charging along like troops in a battle All through the meadows the horses and cattle: All of the sights of the hill and the plain Fly as thick as driving rain; And ever again, in the wink of an eye, Painted stations whistle by. Here is a child who clambers and scrambles, All by himself and gathering brambles; Here is a tramp who stands and gazes; And here is the green for stringing the daisies! Here is a cart runaway in the road Lumping along with man and load; And here is a mill, and there is a river: Each a glimpse and gone forever! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALCAICS: TO H. F. BROWN by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AT THE SEASIDE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AUNTIE'S SKIRTS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON CHRISTMAS AT SEA by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ENVOY: 2. TO MY MOTHER by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ENVOY: 5. TO MY NAME-CHILD by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ESCAPE AT BEDTIME by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON FAREWELL TO THE FARM by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON FOREIGN CHILDREN by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON FOREIGN LANDS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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