Down from the engine thrown,
Wounded to death,
What were the words he spoke
With his last breath?
Was it a cry for aid,
Helpless lying
There in the rain—meet help
For the dying ?
Nay, he had words to speak
Whate’er betide,
"Signal the down express "
Gasped he and died
Done that he had to do,
What shall be said ?
Silence is best—what words
Meet for this dead?