TRIVIA: Meaning of “fainthearted” in the English Dictionary: fainthearted - adjective [ before noun ] uk /ˌfeɪntˈhɑː.tɪd/ us /ˌfeɪntˈhɑːr.t̬ɪd/ Someone who is fainthearted is not confident or brave and dislikes taking unnecessary risks. e. g. "Faint heart never won fair lady." Prov. A timid suitor never won his lady. (Used to encourage boys or men to be bold in courting women.)
Faintheart In A Railway Train
At nine in the morning there passed a church,
At ten there passed me by the sea,
At twelve a town of smoke and smirch,
At two a forest of oak and birch,
And then, on a platform, she:
A radiant stranger, who saw not me.
I queried, "Get out to her do I dare?"
But I kept my seat in my search for a plea,
And the wheels moved on. O could it but be
That I had alighted there!
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