Marked the railroad bind the prairies,
League by league, with iron bands,
Felt the dizzy bridge-span leap its own dark flood.
Till the cow-town's rutted roadways
Into asphalt pavements grew.
By wires webbed and busy markets walled,
And the steel-trussed office building
Reared its cornice to the blue
Where the shanties of the mining camp had sprawled.
Now the hissing, rock-jammed rapids