Are these verses poetic predictions of future technology. Mother Shipton prophecy states the following :

 

	Carriages without horses shall goe And accidents fill the world with woe Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of an eye... Under water men shall walk Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk; In the air men shall be seen, In white, black, and green... Iron in the water shall float, As easy as a wooden boat.

 

 

The world in 1882....