A selection of poems compiled and introduced by Michael Ffinch
Readers Mary Wimbush
Gerald Cross and John Rowe
' I like railway travelling much,' said Wordsworth in 1839, but when it was proposed a few years later to construct the railway between Kendal and Windermere, he felt threatened.
' Is there no nook of English ground secure From rash assault? ' he asked.
He was unaware that the steam train would become a familiar theme in English poetry. Technical assistance by DAVID GREENWOOD , IAN CAMERON Producer SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN. followed by an interlude