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LYRICS OF THE RAIL: 1. THE SCORNED TOWN by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE

First Line: THE GREEN FIELDS WAVER, BREAK A SPACE
Last Line: A PHANTOM NEVER SEEN!
Subject(s): FIELDS; MEN; RAILROADS; PASTURES; MEADOWS; LEAS; RAILWAYS; TRAINS;

@2T@1HE green fields waver, break a space
To black and white and gray,—
Men standing, staring in a place
That quickly dies away;—
And swift again on left and right
The living, slipping green.
What @3was@1 that black and gray and white?—
A phantom never seen!



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