From a Railway Carriage — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

Faster than fairies, faster than witches,

Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;

And charging along like troops in a battle

All through the meadows the horses and cattle:

All of the sights of the hill and the plain

Fly as thick as driving rain;

And ever again, in the wink of an eye,

Painted stations whistle by.

Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,

All by himself and gathering brambles;

Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;

And here is the green for stringing the daisies!

Here is a cart runaway in the road

Lumping along with man and load;

And here is a mill, and there is a river:

Each a glimpse and gone forever!

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Nursery rhymes are some of the best teachers of rhythm and rhyme. "From a Railway Carriage" uses 16 lines to create a memorable verse — proof that effective poetry doesn't need to be long. Pay attention to the meter: the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is what makes the rhyme stick in your head.

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What are the words to From a Railway Carriage?: The lyrics to From a Railway Carriage are: Faster than fairies, faster than witches, / Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches; / And charging along like troops in a battle / All through the meadows the horses and cattle: / All of the sights of the hill and the plain / Fly as thick as driving rain; ... Read the full 16-line nursery rhyme at Rhyme Buster.
How many lines does From a Railway Carriage have?: "From a Railway Carriage" has 16 lines of verse.

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