POEM- FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON · Faster than Fairies, Faster than Witches, Bridges and houses, Hedges and ditches; And charging along like troops in a battle, All through the meadows the horses and cattle. a. The poet shares his experience of a railway journey. He describes its speed in a rhythmic manner bridges-hedges, Witches-Ditches, Battle-cattle. b. Poet says that train runs more quickly than the fairies can fly or the witches can move. When train advances forward it seems as the soldiers are attacking enemy in a battle field. The train rushes on leaving bridges, houses, fences and ditches behind. It also leaves behind the green fields where horses and Cattle are grazing. · All of the sights of the hill and plain Fly as the thick as driving rain; And ever again, in the wink o...