Quotes about rail, page 8
There was an Old Man with a owl,
Who continued to bother and howl;
He sat on a rail
And imbibed bitter ale,
Which refreshed that Old Man and his owl.
limerick by Edward Lear from A Book of Nonsense (1846)
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The Immigrant
Twos early morn when I boarded the ship
And Mama gave me one last kiss
I walked up on the plank
Scared with a shaking hand
A wave good bye from down below
Mom's face fading I loved her so
For days on end the bow pushed foamy water
The homeland shrank close came the US border
On a cold morning in December
It was Lady Liberty I always remember
Tall and proud she greeted the crowd
All were standing along the rail
She welcomed the young and the frail
How many years have passed
Since that eventful day
How many springtime's in May
Life engulfed me took me into the fold
In the meantime I have grown old
I traveled near and traveled far
All the beautiful places I saw
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poem by Ingeborg von Finsterwalde
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The rail service is important for my district.
quote by Jerry Weller
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I'll rail against what I think is wrong.
quote by Neil Cavuto
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I do not object to the construction of rail roads and canals.
quote by Gerrit Smith
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All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.
quote by Helen Thomas
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You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.
quote by Margaret Thatcher
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Ban Porn In Internet
The virile young men
see vile videos in the nets.
I rail at man's brain
poem by Rajendran Muthiah
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puffed up on fence rail
in sunshine feathers drying
this preening robin
haiku by Richard Terrify
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Bush warbler
Bush warbler:
shits on the rice cakes
on the porch rail.
Translated by Robert Hass
poem by Matsuo Basho
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