I am not fainting—I am not appall'd—

I am not beat down—I feel no despair:

It seems all expected and all forestall'd,

As I utter my three words, 'When and where?'

'Two hours ago at the Northern quay'—

He offers me food, and to rest and sit—

I have left the house—I am on my way—

I have hail'd a cab and jump'd into it.

O faster! O faster! O yet more fast!

There's nothing on earth but driving like this: