Nature

Travel

by Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892–1950

From Poems (Secker, 1923): Section Three

Nature

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 the friends I make,
And better friends I’ll not be knowing,
Yet there isn’t a train I wouldn’t take,
No matter where it’s going.

MLA

Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Travel.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/52/.

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Millay, Edna St. Vincent. “Travel.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/millay/52/.

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