by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
Language: English
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.
Composition:
- Set to music by John Mitchell (b. 1941), "Travel", op. 51 (Five Lyrics by Edna St. Vincent Millay) no. 3 (1983)
Text Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), appears in Second April, first published 1921
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Researcher for this page: Victoria Brago
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