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Analysis (ai): "Hellbound Train" is an anonymous poem from the American West that depicts a vivid and terrifying journey to hell. The poem shares similarities with medieval morality plays, portraying the consequences of sin and the tortures of the damned.
Hellbound Train. by Anonymous Americas. A Texas cowboy lay down on a barroom floor, Having drunk so much he could drink no more; So he fell asleep with a troubled brain. To dream that he rode on a hell-bound train. The engine with murderous blood was damp. And was brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp;
"Tom Gray's Dream", also known as "The Hell-Bound Train" [1] is a poem written by western Illinois poet Retta M. Brown (born September 18, 1893). Tom Gray was a farmer's son, born in Indiana on November 27, 1852, whose family moved to Mercer County, Illinois.
May 13, 2011 · Hellbound Train. Anonymous Americas. Death. Friendship. Humorous. Love. Melancholy. Nature. Religion. A Texas cowboy lay down on a barroom floor, Having drunk so much he could drink no more; So he fell asleep with a troubled brain. To dream that he rode on a hell-bound train. The engine with murderous blood was damp.
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Analysis (ai): This poem follows the traditional structure of many other anonymous folk songs and features a clear moral lesson. It offers a harsh indictment of the sins of mankind and the consequences awaiting sinners in hell.
5 days ago · A Texas cowboy lay down on a barroom floor, Having drunk so much he could drink no more; So he fell asleep with a troubled brain To dream that he rode on a hell-bound train. The engine with murderous blood was damp And was brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp; An imp, for fuel, was shoveling bones, While the furnace rang with a thousand groans.
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Author of work: Anonymous Americas. A Texas cowboy lay down on a barroom floor, Having drunk so much he could drink no more; So he fell asleep with a troubled brain To dream that he rode on a hell-bound train.