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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRAVEL, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The railroad track is miles away
Last Line: No matter where it's going.
Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs.
Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy
First Line: The railroad track is miles away
Last Line: No matter where it's going.
Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs.
Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy
THE railroad track is miles away,
And the day is loud with voices speaking,
Yet there isn't a train goes by all day
But I hear its whistle shrieking.
All night there isn't a train goes by,
Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming,
But I see its cinders red on the sky,
And hear its engine steaming.
My heart is warm with the friends I make,
And better friends I'll not be knowing,
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,
No matter where it's going.
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