Adlestrop

Yes, I remember Adlestrop,

The name, because one afternoon

Of heat the express-train drew up there

Unwontedly. It was late June.

The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.

No one left and no one came

On the bare platform. What I saw

Was Adlestrop - only the name

And willows, willow-herb, and grass,

And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry,

No whit less still and lowly fair

Than the high cloudlets in the sky.

And for that minute a blackbird sang

Close by, and round him, mistier,

Farther and farther, all the birds

Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.

Thomas' note book shows us how he had difficulty starting this poem.Yes, I remember AdlestropAt least the name, one afternoonOf heat the train slowed down drew up thereThere unexpectedly Against its custom. It was 'twas  June.Yes, I remember Adlestrop-At least the name The name, because one afternoonOf heat, the express train drew up thereAgainst its custom Unwontedly. It was late June.