The Railway Train
I like to see it lap the miles,
And lick the valleys up,
And stop to feed itself at tanks;
And then, prodigious, step
Around a pile of mountains,
And, supercilious, peer
In shanties by the sides of roads;
And then a quarry pare
To fit its sides, and crawl between,
Complaining all the while
In horrid, hooting stanza;
Then chase itself down hill
And neigh like Boanerges;
Then, punctual as a star,
Stop -- docile and omnipotent --
At its own stable door.
Emily Dickinson
I like to see it lap the miles,
And lick the valleys up,
And stop to feed itself at tanks;
And then, prodigious, step
Around a pile of mountains,
And, supercilious, peer
In shanties by the sides of roads;
And then a quarry pare
To fit its sides, and crawl between,
Complaining all the while
In horrid, hooting stanza;
Then chase itself down hill
And neigh like Boanerges;
Then, punctual as a star,
Stop -- docile and omnipotent --
At its own stable door.
Emily Dickinson
i love it. i love the vintage look of old trains. beautifully put together my barbie girl!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lorilynn! I love trains! Dad used to be a brakeman for the Pennsy railroad. I haven't been on a train since I was a child and I miss them! :)
ReplyDeleteI love trains!!! I would love to go on the Orient Express :-))) Perhaps I could have an adventure with Hercule Poirot!
ReplyDeleteLovely image - looks nicer than the original!!
Hahaha!! Sounds like fun! Thank you, Jonie! :)
ReplyDeleteThis brings back memories...I used to ride by train over 700 km to get to the seaside... about 20 hours and it was FUN! :D
ReplyDeleteGiulia, that sounds like such fun! Thank you for stopping by! :)
ReplyDeleteI like that effect on the old engine. Those old locomotives had a romance about them that the new ones have lost.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous post!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful old train and as always, a great choice of poem to go with it Barbara.
ReplyDeleteMontucky, you are so right! Thank you! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Neva and Kate, for stopping by and commenting! :)
Wonderful rustic train image and great framing! Love those old trains!
ReplyDeleteI LOVED IT! I REMINDED ME OF ALL THOSE YEARS DAD WORKED ON THE RAILROAD!! THANKS SIS. LOVE YA! J
ReplyDeleteThank you Sis J! Yep, it did the same for me! Memories of our Dad and him taking us on train rides! I miss that! Thanks for commenting! :)
ReplyDeleteThe image sure has a vintage look to it. I wonder what it was like taking photos back in those days. How did they photograph a moving train? Did they have shutter control back then? Probably not, this train must have been sitting still for the photo. Hmmm... I answer my own questions all the time. At least I get the type of answer I'm after when I do that.
ReplyDeleteHaha! I'm glad you answered your own questions, Preston, as I wouldn't know the answers myself! Thank you for stopping by and commenting! :)
ReplyDeleteYou can't go wrong using Emily, she had a way with words that is unmatched.
ReplyDeleteHi, Doug! You are so right about Emily! Thank you for stopping by! :)
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