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First Line: At nine in the morning there passed a church
Last Line: That I had alighted there!
Variant Title(s): A Glimpse From The Train
Subject(s): Love


AT nine in the morning there passed a church,
At ten there passed me by the sea,
At twelve a town of smoke and smirch,
At two a forest of oak and birch,
And then, on a platform, she:

A radiant stranger, who saw not me.
I said, "Get out to her do I dare?"
But I kept my seat in my search for a plea,
And the wheels moved on. O could it but be
That I had alighted there!





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