Monday, September 14, 2009

"Travel"

I'm on a train headed to Brussels so I thought I'd share this lovely poem.

Travel
The railroad track is miles away,
And the day is loud with voices speaking,
Yet there isn't a train goes by all day
But I hear its whistle shrieking.

All night there isn't a train goes by,
Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming,
But I see its cinders red on the sky,
And hear its engine steaming.

My heart is warm with friends I make,
And better friends I'll not be knowing;
Yet there isn't a train I'd rather take,
No matter where it's going.


-Edna St. Vincent Millay

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm afraid you've got the last two lines wrong. They are:
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,
No matter where it's going.