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THE STEAM‐ENGINE
- THROUGH the night and through the day
- The great steam‐engine wends his way:
- Unswerving, swift, he shall not stray
- Though labyrinths of metal thread
- Their shining lines before him spread,
- And lights are changing green and red!
- The great steam‐engine tears along,
- Of iron and flame, broad‐breasted, strong,
- His speed is as the eagle’s, on
- Past startled plain and mountain‐height,
- This bold embodiment of might
- With flame and thunder rends the night!
