I like to see it lap the Miles --

I like to hear it --[^a1]see it lap the Miles --
And lick the Valleys up --
And stop to feed itself at Tanks --
And then -- prodigious step

[^a1: hear it -- | hear it --]

Around a Pile of Mountains --
And supercilious peer
In Shanties -- by the sides of Roads --
And then a Quarry pare

To fit it's Ribs --[^a2]sides
And crawl between
Complaining all the while
In horrid -- hooting stanza --
Then chase itself down Hill --

[^a2: Ribs -- | Ribs --]

And, or then --[^a3]And neigh like Boanerges --
Then -- punctual as --[^a4]prompter than a Star
Stop -- docile and omnipotent
At it's own stable door --

[^a3: And, or then -- | And, or then --]

[^a4: punctual as -- | punctual as --]