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SOUTHERN PACIFIC by CARL SANDBURG

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First Line: HUNTINGTON SLEEPS IN A HOUSE SIX FEET LONG
Last Line: BLITHERY, SLEEP IN HOUSES SIX FEET LONG.
Subject(s): GRAVES; HUNTINGTON, COLLIS POTTER (1821-1900); RAILROADS; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES; RAILWAYS; TRAINS;
HUNTINGTON sleeps in a house six feet long,
Huntington dreams of railroads he built and owned.
Huntington dreams of ten thousand men saying: Yes, sir.
Blithery sleeps in a house six feet long.
Blithery dreams of rails and ties he laid.
Blithery dreams of saying to Huntington: Yes, sir.
Huntington,

Blithery, sleep in houses six feet long.


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