Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
James Thomson. 18341882796. In the Train
AS we rush, as we rush in the Train, | |
The trees and the houses go wheeling back, | |
But the starry heavens above the plain | |
Come flying on our track. | |
All the beautiful stars of the sky, | 5 |
The silver doves of the forest of Night, | |
Over the dull earth swarm and fly, | |
Companions of our flight. | |
We will rush ever on without fear; | |
Let the goal be far, the flight be fleet! | 10 |
For we carry the Heavens with us, dear, | |
While the Earth slips from our feet! |