I'm currently reading Distant Dreams by Judith Pella and Tracie Peterson which is really good. It is about a young woman in the 1830s who is at the age of her coming out but is much more interested in railroads and other topics considered only suitable for men.
Here is the poem at the beginning of Part IV:
We surely live in a very fast age;
We've traveled by ox-teams, and then by stage
But when such conveyance is all done away
We'll travel in steam cars upon the railway!
By James Crane
I like it's simplicity and how it reflects the time so well. It also really fits with the book well.
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