Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RAILROAD CARS ARE COMING, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "the great pacific railway, / for california hail!" Last Line: "the railroad cars are coming, humming / through new mexico" Subject(s): Railroads; Railways;trains | ||||||||
The great Pacific railway, For California hail! Bring on the locomotive, Lay down the iron rail; Across the rolling prairies By steam we're bound to go, The railroad cars are coming, humming Through New Mexico, The railroad cars are coming, humming Through New Mexico. The little dogs in dog-town Will wag each little tail; They'll think that something's coming A-riding on a rail. The rattlesnake will show its fangs, The owl tu-whit, tu-who, The railroad cars are coming, humming Through New Mexico, The railroad cars are coming, humming Through New Mexico. | 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 TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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