Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STENOGRAPHY, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Our fathers walked around the hill Last Line: And while he tries, she -- leaves him. Subject(s): Railroads; Stenography; Railways; Trains | ||||||||
Our fathers walked around the hill, And we pursue their journey still, Ah, toilfully we do it! Stenography, direct and fleet, Has used its brain to save its feet, And made a tunnel through it. With inky lines complexly wrought We spin a spider-web for thought, And lazily invite it; Stenography, of fiercer mold, Leaps after thought, with spirit bold, As far as it can sight it. In clumsy coaches dull and slow The longhand writers plodding go, -- Or break down, woe betide it! Stenography, a railroad train, Speeds on the track as Driver Brain Desires to urge and guide it. For thought is like a maiden gay Whom Shorthand takes in dashing way, And gladly she receives him; But Longhand is the drawling kind, Who tries to speak his sluggish mind, And while he tries, she -- leaves him. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RAILWAY by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON WHAT WE DID TO WHAT WE WERE by PHILIP LEVINE BURYING GROUND BY THE TIES by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH WAY-STATION by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH TWILIGHT TRAIN by EILEEN MYLES THE CAVEMAN ON THE TRAIN by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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