English poem
And fear not lest a Smashup closing My
by Carolyn Wells (1862–1942)
And fear not lest a Smashup closing My Account and Yours, Machines no more shall fly; The Eternal Motorist has ever bought Millions of Bubbles like ours, and will buy.
I sometimes think that every Shining Star Is but the Tail Lamp of a Motor Car; Which leap’d from Earth in its mad Ecstasy, And into Space went Speeding Fast and Far.