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LYRICS OF THE RAIL: 3. THE SLEEPING-CAR, by                    
First Line: The land is silent, and the moon
Last Line: The heart's assumptions and its pain.
Subject(s): Hearts; Moon; Railroads; Silence; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips


The land is silent, and the moon
Is slowly rising; the long jar
Of wheels on rails all afternoon
Is past, and stars and stillness are.

As from the darkness of the couch
I turn my wakeful eyes, and gaze
Thro' lonely panes, I could avouch
That earth and man, and nights and days,

Are lost and gained, that all are one:
The low-heard speeding of the train,
The cloud-swept moon, the stars that run,
The heart's assumptions and its pain.





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