Nov. 15, 2026

"To a Locomotive in Winter" by Walt Whitman (Excerpt)

"To a Locomotive in Winter" by Walt Whitman (Excerpt)
"To a Locomotive in Winter" by Walt Whitman (Excerpt)
The Concise Verse
"To a Locomotive in Winter" by Walt Whitman (Excerpt)

Fierce-throated beauty!
Roll through my chant with all thy lawless music, thy swinging lamps at night,
Thy madly-whistled laughter, echoing, rumbling like an earthquake, rousing all.

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"To a Locomotive in Winter" by Walt Whitman.

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Fierce-throated beauty! Roll through my chant

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with all thy lawless music, thy swinging lamps at night,

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Thy madly-whistled laughter, echoing, rumbling like an earthquake, rousing all.

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"To a Locomotive in Winter" by Walt Whitman.

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