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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: TRAIN WRECKS Matches Found: 12 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A WRECKED LOCOMOTIVE, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: It lies upon the rocks, a shattered thing Last Line: And this thin gloaming thickens into night. Subject(s): Disasters; Railroad Wrecks; Train Wrecks CONDUCTOR BRADLEY, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Conductor bradley, (always may his name Last Line: God give us grace to live as bradley died! Subject(s): Disasters; Railroad Wrecks; Train Wrecks ON THE LATE SHIFT, by PATRICK MACGILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Seven waggons to siding four, one to the buffer / end Last Line: For a mourning dress at dawn. Subject(s): Accidents; Death; Disasters; Heaven; Railroad Wrecks; Dead, The; Paradise; Train Wrecks SAVING A TRAIN, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A poor old woman lived on the line of the ohio railway Last Line: Which should be written on her tombstone in letters of gold. Subject(s): Accidents; Death; Disasters; Heroism; Memory; Railroad Wrecks; Storms; Dead, The; Heroes; Heroines; Train Wrecks THE ASHTABULA DISASTER, by JULIA A. MOORE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Have you heard of the dreadful fate Last Line: For above they live again. Alternate Author Name(s): Sweet Singer Of Michigan Subject(s): Disasters; Railroad Wrecks; Train Wrecks THE ENGINEER'S SIGNAL, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Two low whistles, quaint and clear Last Line: Guild lay under his engine, dead. Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret Variant Title(s): Gould's Signal;guild's Signal Subject(s): Disasters; Guild, William; Providence, Rhode Island; Railroad Wrecks; Train Wrecks THE MAN IN THE CAB, by NIXON WATERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Safe and snug in the sleeping-car Last Line: Of the man in the greasy overalls. Alternate Author Name(s): Martin, Peter Subject(s): Disasters; Railroad Wrecks; Storms; Train Wrecks THE TAY BRIDGE DISEASTER, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Beautiful railway bridge of the silv'ry tay! Last Line: The less chance we have of being killed. Subject(s): Death; Disasters; Railroad Wrecks; Storms; Dead, The; Train Wrecks THE WRECK OF THE CIRCUS TRAIN, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Couplings buckled, cracked, collapsed Last Line: Turned and swung off toward the hills Subject(s): Circus; Disasters; Railroad Wrecks; Train Wrecks THE WRECK OF THE GREAT NORTHERN, by ROBERT HEDIN Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Where the great northern plunged in Last Line: The dry husks of corn. Subject(s): Disasters; Railroad Wrecks; Train Wrecks TRAINWRECKED SOLDIERS, by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Death, that is small respected of distinction Subject(s): Death; Disasters; Railroad Wrecks; Dead, The; Train Wrecks WITH THE BREAKDOWN SQUAD, by PATRICK MACGILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A tanner down on a three spot, / losing again, he blowed!' Last Line: "business is doing well." Subject(s): Death; Disasters; Fire; News; Railroad Wrecks; Dead, The; Train Wrecks |
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