JIAGANG S. N. GIRLS HIGH

SCHOOL (H.S.)

CLASS : VIII ENGLISH

POEM: 1. FROM A RAILWAY

CARRIAGE

POEM : 1. FROM A

RAILWAY CARRIAGE

POET : R.L. STEVENSON

A PROFILE OF THE POET

THE FULL NAME OF

R.L.STEVENSON IS

ROBERT LOUYS

STEVENSON.HE WAS A RENOWNED POET IN ENGLISH LITERATURE. HE

WAS BORN ON 13TH NOVEMBER

IN 1850. R. L .STEVENSON WAS NOT ONLY A POET BUT HE

WAS ALSO A GOOD ESSAYIST.

MOREOVER, HE WROTE NOVELS. STEVENSON WAS FOUND OF

TRAVELLING AND HE TRAVELLED MANY COUNTRIES . HE ALSO

WROTE ABOUT HIS JOURNEYS . THE TREASURE ISLAND BY

STEVENSON IS ONE OF THE BEST ADVENTURE STORIES I N

ENGLISH

LITERTAURE. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON PASSED AWAY ON

3RD DECEMBER IN 1894.

FROM A RAILWAY

CARRIAGE Faster than fairies, faster then 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 there is the green for strangling daisies !

Here is a cart run away in

the road,

Lumping along with man

and load,

And here is a mill, and

there is a river;

Each a glimpse and gone

for ever !

-R. L. STEVENSON

B R I D G E

FROM A RAILWAY

CARRIAGE Faster than fairies, faster

then witches,

Bridges and houses, hedges

and ditches,

And charging along like

troops in a battle,

All through the meadows, the

horses and cattle.

FROM A RAILWAY

CARRIAGE Faster than fairies, faster then 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.

FROM A RAILWAY

CARRIAGE Faster than fairies, faster then 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 there is the green for strangling daisies !

FROM A RAILWAY

CARRIAGE Faster than fairies, faster then 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,

Here is a cart run away in

the road,

Lumping along with man

and load,

And here is a mill, and

there is a river;

Each a glimpse and gone

for ever !

-R. L. STEVENSON

QUESTION HOUR

1. Say whether the following

statements are true / false :

1. The witches run faster then the train : False

2. The cart mentioned in the poem

was empty : False

3. The train is faster then fairies : T rue

2. The poet has used a number of

words in order to bring out the effect

of a moving train . Make a list of

these words :

ANSWER. ** Faster

** Charging

** Wink of an eye

** Whistle by

** Glimpse

** Driving

*** Fly

PRESENTATION : BY

B. LALITA MANDAL

(A.H.M.)

ANKITA CHARKARBORTY

(A.T.)