What's The Railroad To Me? Poem by Henry David Thoreau

What's The Railroad To Me?

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What's the railroad to me?
I never go to see
Where it ends.
It fills a few hollows,
And makes banks for the swallows,
It sets the sand a-blowing,
And the blackberries a-growing.

Henry David Thoreau
Friday, January 3, 2003
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Dr Antony Theodore 21 February 2020

It sets the sand a-blowing, And the blackberries a-growing. iinteresting presentation. tony

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Ian Fraser 15 March 2011

Nice to see a philosopher with a sense of humor.

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