The Railway Carriage

Faster than fairies, faster than witches.

Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;

And charging along like troops in a battle,

All through the meadows the horses and cattle

All of the sights of the hill and the plain

Fly as thick as driving rain:

And ever again, in the wink of an eye.

Painted stations whistle by.

Here is a child who clambers and scrambles.

All by himself and gathering brambles:

Here is a tramp who stands and gazes:

And there is the green for stringing the daisies!

Here is a cart run away in the road

Lumping along with man and load;

And here is a mill, and there is a river:

Each a glimpse and gone forever!