Auden's Train

Drive and drive faster and make a good run

Down the Springfield Line in the shining sun

Fly like an airplane and don't pull up short

Till you brake for Grand Central Station, New York

For there in the middle of that waiting hall

Should be standing the one that I love most of all

If he's not there to meet me when I get to town

I'll stand on the sidewalk with tears rolling down

For she is the one that I love to look on

The acme of kindness and perfection

For love's more important and powerful than

Even a priest or a politician

Drive and drive faster and make a good run

Down the Springfield Line in the shining sun

Fly like an airplane and don't pull up short

Till you brake for Grand Central Station, New York