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Still on we sped! for the time-card said
That towns awaited us far ahead;
Where schemes by scores were depending on
The moments saved and the distance won.
A lover was yearning along the way,
To be a bridegroom before next day;
A father and husband hoped for showers
Of birthday gifts in the morning hours;
A capitalist, with eyes of steel,
Tomorrow or never would make “that deal”;
A famous physician was soon to gain
A princely fee from a bed of pain;
A lawyer “figured” how a half-wise
Half-foolish jury to hypnotize;
A pastor pondered with nervous shock,
Some new delinquency in his flock,
Or some uprisen financial care,
And knew he was needed then and there;
A bandit crouched in his cushioned seat,
And thought of the comrades he soon would meet,
And how they would add to their shifting wealth,
In borrowing others' goods by stealth;
A bride in her waning honeymoon
Was homesick to see her parents soon;
And, journeying toward bleak tombs afar,
A pale corse lay in the foremost car.
That towns awaited us far ahead;
Where schemes by scores were depending on
The moments saved and the distance won.
A lover was yearning along the way,
To be a bridegroom before next day;
A father and husband hoped for showers
Of birthday gifts in the morning hours;
A capitalist, with eyes of steel,
Tomorrow or never would make “that deal”;
A famous physician was soon to gain
A princely fee from a bed of pain;
A lawyer “figured” how a half-wise
Half-foolish jury to hypnotize;
A pastor pondered with nervous shock,
Some new delinquency in his flock,
Or some uprisen financial care,
And knew he was needed then and there;
A bandit crouched in his cushioned seat,
And thought of the comrades he soon would meet,
And how they would add to their shifting wealth,
In borrowing others' goods by stealth;
A bride in her waning honeymoon
Was homesick to see her parents soon;
And, journeying toward bleak tombs afar,
A pale corse lay in the foremost car.
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