[Guest]

By far one of E.D.'s greatest riddle poems, "I Like to See it Lap the Miles" describes something, but what?

I like to see it lap the miles,

And lick the valleys up,

And stop to feed itself at tanks;

And then, prodigious, step

Around a pile of mountains, 5

And, supercilious, peer

In shanties by the sides of roads;

And then a quarry pare

To fit its sides, and crawl between,

Complaining all the while 10

In horrid, hooting stanza;

Then chase itself down hill

And neigh like Boanerges;

Then, punctual as a star,

Stop—docile and omnipotent— 15

At its own stable door.

Edited June 26, 2008 by Recluse Slayer

[Guest]

water or a river

[Nikyma]

Pacific Coast Highway or Route 66?

[Guest]

//Edit//

Ah, I'm wrong, but the thing isn't really a riddle- it's a metaphor built around the real title.

Edited June 26, 2008 by Mohar

[Guest]

a river?

[Guest]

a car?

[Guest]

They have the right to Choo choo's

[Guest]

the movement of a glacier?

[Guest]

It's a steam engine/locomotive.

[Guest]

... the Sun?

By far one of E.D.'s greatest riddle poems, "I Like to See it Lap the Miles" describes something, but what?

I like to see it lap the miles,

And lick the valleys up,

And stop to feed itself at tanks;

And then, prodigious, step

Around a pile of mountains, 5

And, supercilious, peer

In shanties by the sides of roads;

And then a quarry pare

To fit its sides, and crawl between,

Complaining all the while 10

In horrid, hooting stanza;

Then chase itself down hill

And neigh like Boanerges;

Then, punctual as a star,

Stop—docile and omnipotent— 15

At its own stable door.

[Guest]

a horse?

[Guest]

...the wind!

[Guest]

I know this poem, so I probably shouldn't post an answer. But if I didn't already know, I would agree with Swervin Kervin's last post. That's a neat idea.

edit- oh, seems LIS and Desert Fox know it, too, and already posted

Edited June 26, 2008 by engspangussian

[Gambit]

a river or a train

[Guest]

A train, though I like your other creative ideas, a.k.a. the wind.