Rivers to the Sea (Collection)/In the Train

by Sara Teasdale

For works with similar titles, see In the Train.

 

IN THE TRAIN

Fields beneath a quilt of snow
From which the rocks and stubble peep,
And in the west a shy white star
That shivers as it wakes from sleep.

The restless rumble of the train,
The drowsy people in the car,
Steel blue twilight in the world,
And in my heart a timid star.