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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Faster than fairies, faster than witches Last Line: Each a glimpse and gone forever! Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Variant Title(s): A Child's Garden Of Verses: 37 | |||
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 here is the green for stringing the daisies! Here is a cart runaway 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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O DULL, COLD NORTHERN SKY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON A GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ALCAICS: TO H. F. BROWN by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AT THE SEASIDE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AUNTIE'S SKIRTS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON CHRISTMAS AT SEA by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ENVOY: 2. TO MY MOTHER by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ENVOY: 5. TO MY NAME-CHILD by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ESCAPE AT BEDTIME by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON FAREWELL TO THE FARM by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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